THE AMOUNT SPENT ON OUT. DOOR RELIEF.
• ASTONISHES THE CHAIRMAN OE ONE BOARD. Press. Association. . ‘ '. CHRISTCHURCH, Dee. 4. Atithe annual • meeting of the North Canterbury Charitable Aid • Board to-day, the chairman said it was to be regretted that in such prosperous tinios as New Zealand continued to enjoy there should be the need for so much expenditure of public money .on outdoor relief. It was to bo hoped the importance of . the whole subject' might soon engage the serious attention of the Legislature, and the experience of the 22 years’ operation of the existing Act turned to good account in any proposed amendments. Especially was this desirable with regard to the liability now laid on district Boards for tlio cost of maintaining the large number of children committed to the care of tho Stat under the Industrial Schools Act.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2055, 5 December 1907, Page 3
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