APPLICANTS FOR PENSIONS.
FALSE STATEMENTS MADE. By Teletfraph —Press Assoti&tlov. Hastings, Last Night. At the Magistrate’s Court two applicants for old age pensions were charged with attempting to obtain a pension certificate by means of wilfully false statement in filling their wrong incomes on the forms The magistrate addressed a severe reprimand to the accused, saying he could fine them up to £5O, or three months’ hard labor. Accused were old men, and he would not be hard this time, but he wanted those concerned to know that if they made false statements and wsfce convicted the magistrate would have to consider sending them to goal without the option. The offence must ‘be put a stop to.
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Taranaki Daily News, 21 July 1921, Page 4
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117APPLICANTS FOR PENSIONS. Taranaki Daily News, 21 July 1921, Page 4
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