REFUSED TO WORK
IDLE GIRL COMMITTED TO BORSTAL ARMY’S HELP IGNORED “And at one place where I found her employment they gave her a week’s wages to get rid of her ” remarked Major Annie Gordon, probation officer, when a girl aged 17 appeared at the Police Court this morning, charged with vagrancy. £he girl, who wag being charged tvith being idle and disorderly, having insufficient lawful means of support, pleaded guilty and was committed to the Borstal for two years. Senior-Sergeant O’Grady produced the girl s statement, in which it was admitted that she had been doing no work. Her method of obtaining a living was referred to in the statement. “Her mother is ill and her father is away,” added the seniorsergeant. Major Gordon assured the court that she had done everything possible for accused before taking the last resort of bringing her before the magistrate. “Her two sisters took advantage of my assistance,” added the major. “I clothed this girl, and found her work, but it was of no use.” ‘T can see that,” assented the magistrate. The girl's name was suppressed at the major’s request.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 900, 18 February 1930, Page 7
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188REFUSED TO WORK Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 900, 18 February 1930, Page 7
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