“A PITIABLE CASE.”
WEAK-MINDED FAMILY. HEAVY COST TO STATE. ••This is a pitiable case, and it shows how necessary it is for the contracting parties to obtain a medical certificate before marriage,” said Mr Widdowson, SAL, at the Magistrate’s Court this morning, when a man aged oO years applied for the cancellation of a maintenance order in respect of his children in State homes. From evidence given it was stated that both the applicant and his wife were weak-minded. They lmd ten children, nine of whom were mentally deficient and were in homes. It would cost the State £16,000 to' bring them up. Mr John McGrath, who passed away this week at Lower Hutt at the age of 88 years was a pioneer of the goldfields on the West Coast of the South Island, where he was associated with the late Right lion. R. J. Seddon in the early days of Kurnara. lie leaves a widow, two daughters anil seven sons, one of the latter being Mr J. I. McGrath, of Wellington.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2484, 23 September 1922, Page 4
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172“A PITIABLE CASE.” Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 2484, 23 September 1922, Page 4
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