EARNED OVER THE LIMIT
Piissa AMoeifttion.J
Man Who Secured Unemployed Benefits
(Bj Telegraph—
AUCKLAND, Jan. 22. ' "Soxnething will have to bp done to :stop this soft sof thing. Perhaps if ! these men were made to worl^ it out on their half-holidays it might do some' good," said Mr. Orr Walker in fining eight men . who appeared on summons charged with making false deelarations • for the purpose of obtaihing benef it ; under the Employment Promotion Act. ' In'nearly all the cases, the prosecut- : ing inspector said, the men were Sraw•ing sustenance and doing .casual work. oarning above the statutory limit. * . The magistrate fined the men' th'e amount they have obtain'ed in excess of the ' limit and ordered repayments by weekly instalments of from five to ten shillings.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 7, 23 January 1937, Page 6
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