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PALMERSTON NORTH, March 22. “This is the sort of case which shows ithg means tost form, to which some people .are objecting, i 6 absolutely necessary,” said Mr Stout, S.M., in fining Walter George Han, a widower, 60, the maximum penalty 0 f £2O sterling on a charge of misleading a .n officer in the administration of the Unemployment Act, thereby obtaining relief worthy misrepresentation.
It was stated by a Labour Department. officer that defendant obtained '£B6 sterling in relief, wages, but when he registered he had £6OO on fixed deposit in a bank, <and also other assets Defendant’s counsel Said half the •sum named belonged to defendant’s wife and had s i.nc e passed to the daughter. The other half was spent in medical expenses. The- Magistrate said it was a very ■bad case.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 March 1933, Page 6
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