LOANS TO SOLDIERS.
SALE OF PURCHASE ILLEGAL, AN IMPORTANT CASE. • By Telegraph.—Pres>> Association. Hamilton, Jan. 27. A case of great importance to soldiers audi the first of its kind' in the Dominion was heard at the Magistrate's Court, when Henry George Short, contractor, residing at Huntly, was charged that, being the person who purchased chattels with money received by way of assistance under the Repatriation Act, he did sell, without the consent in writing of officers of the Repatriation Department. The defendant pleaded guilty, but claimed the offence was more one of carelessness than anything else. , The counsel for the department said that defendant had been granted £250 tfo purchase a carrier's plant, but did not make a success. He therefore sold one of the horses. The department had no desire to press for a penalty, but wished the case to act as a warning. Defendant was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence if called upon within six months. He was ordered to pay £l2 for the horse within the week.
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Taranaki Daily News, 28 January 1920, Page 6
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173LOANS TO SOLDIERS. Taranaki Daily News, 28 January 1920, Page 6
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