AGE AND WANT.
Per Press Association
INVEROARGILL, June 18. A feeble old man named John Kane, who lias been wandering about. the Pomahaka district, was charged to-day with being an idle and disorderly person. He had been wandering about j wherever he could get shelter, and refused to apply for a pension or enter a home, Mr Cruickshank, S.M., said that he did not like to imprison a man who was too proud to accept a pension. Asked if he would go to a: home, the defendant said that he had his doubts about the value of such an institution, and objected. A sentence of three months' imprisonment was imposed, the warrant to be suspended if he remained in the Caversham Home.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7826, 19 June 1909, Page 4
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122AGE AND WANT. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7826, 19 June 1909, Page 4
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