NEW ZEALAND NEWS
PENF'DM AMD FAMIIV RFNEFIT USED TC* OAV RAR CAR DUNEDIN. August 5. H» had heard of several cases this week of the familv benefit, which was sunnosed f o he for children. bein<r ncod for other Durposn.s. said Mr J. D. Willis S.'A'f.. in the Police Court at Dunedin tb’s morning. A witness had admitted that a motor-car was being naid for by instalments from his war pension and the family benefit. In renly to the Magistrate, he said that the situation was “unfortunate, but necessary”. Mr Willis: It’s unfortunate for the taxpayer. NEW DESIGN FOR HEALTH STAMPS WELLINGTON, August 5. A lad sun-bathing in a draped landscape window, watching other children at play amid the surroundings of a New Zealand health camp, with a background of native trees, is the design selected for the 1948 issue of health stamps, said the PostmasterGeneral (Mr F. Hackett) to-day. The design was prepared by Mr E. Linzell. of the staff of Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, England, printers of stamps.
The stamps are of the usual denominations, and will be placed on sale on October 1 and withdrawn on Jasuary 31, which is a month earlier than usual, but will avoid the issue overlapping into the special . commemorative issue to mark the Royal visit.
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Grey River Argus, 6 August 1948, Page 8
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