VANISHING HUSBANDS
HORSEWHIP SUGGESTED HOSPITAL BOARD DISCUSSION /Vos Association PALMERSTON’ X.. To-day. "Wo should patch some uf these , roosters anil wrim; their necks." sa»l a delegate to the Hospital Hoards* t'on- . ferenee. discussing defaulting kin--r bands and the burden of relief on ' boards. The Otago Board put forward a remit urging the Government to dofruv the cost of returning such husbands to the Dominion anil compelling them to support their legal dependants. Nlr. IVthertck l Wellington! : What are you going to do with the men when you get them? They oouhl defv tinauthorities. ■ Voices: W< II Bog them. ! The chairman. Nlr. Wallace, said j complaints had bea n made on several ; occasions, but when such husbands , wen, brought back they might become 'burdens, too. It had" boon suggested !to him that they should be horsei whipped and released, but he did not I know what benefit that threat would ’ have if carried out. [ The remit was carried.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 612, 14 March 1929, Page 13
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