PRISONERS' AID SOCIETY.
•■:A meeting of the Discharged Prisoners*' Aid Society was'held yesterday, at which there. we're present -Sir Eobert' Stout' (president), Messrs. E. Arnold, J.P., T. S.-Lambert, J.P., and B. Curiungs (secretarv). '■'"••;. ■■ .-", The secretary reported that during January, February/and March there wcr» released from.gaol 210 prisoners, of whom 180 had been seen' and their "requests heard, and after due consideration 84 had been helped as follow-.—Beds pro- ; vided 58, meals supplied : 78, . fares and passages: paid 15, clothes'' supplied ,10, cash supplied to purchase food en route to work 20. In consequence of'the great scope of the society's operations the Minister for Justice had been-asked to recommend a pound for pound subsidy on sub-scriptions,-and had'replied that.the request was under consideration. The following special subscriptions had been received :—Horbwhenua County : Council, .£5 55.; Eangitikei - County Council, £5 ; Gisborno County Council, .£2 25.; Foxton County. Council, £1 Is. The balancesheet showed income ,£6945. 6d., expenditure, 17s. 7d. (including £U 'Is.' 5d.V paid to ex-prisoners),- and a credit" balance of .£32 Gs. lid. •:-■■:• The -report was adopted. '"■""•' : '- The other' business was' of a formal nature. ;■;-■■ ' :
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 796, 20 April 1910, Page 2
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183PRISONERS' AID SOCIETY. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 796, 20 April 1910, Page 2
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