MANY IMPOSTERS
(Press. Assn.
N.S.W. DOLE FRAUbS twenty-five per cent. are robbing the state genuine cases suffer
— By Telegraph— Copyright).
I J. v , - t Sy'diiev, November 8. .i. Mr. H. M. Hawlcins, the AssistantMinister of Labour, speaking. in the city said if it had not been for. impositiops it would he possiibie to give more liberal relief in cases of genuine distress. Official investigations had disclosed recently that while the State was sp;ending £5,000,000 per annum on relief between 20 and 25 .per cent. was going to imposters. .. Tjhe cost of . social services in this State equals £3 10s p»er head of the population and in no other State did it exceed £2. The Government, in endeavhuring to balance tbe budget, had to choose between keeping tHe beneiits at a lowr standard and reaching a point at which payments, c.ould, n'qt be ,met.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 375, 9 November 1932, Page 5
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