An application for relief was received at the Thames Hospital Board on ' Monday from a married Maori wo- ‘ man whose husband was undergoing 21 days’ imprisonment. It was contended by Mr E. L. Walton that the wife of a prisoner should not have preferential treatment over a poor person. Mr J. W. Danby thought the **prisoner might very well be employed for the 21 days in the hospital guldens and earn any relief that might be given the wife. Mr P. E. Brenan : “Yes, the prisoner would be better doing that than digging the garden for the sergeant of police.” To Mr C. I W. Kennedy the chairman (Mr W. E. J Hale) said that the State did not pay Tirisoners unless they were serving sentences of over three, months. The matter was referred to. the chairman and secretary, with power to act.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 5190, 12 October 1927, Page 3
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