BREACH OF HIRE PURCHASE ACT

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25437, 8 March 1948, Page 9

BREACH OF HIRE PURCHASE ACT

returned serviceman CHARGED PROBATION GRANTED <P A A 'br M( .h ..AUCKLAND. March B. Mr m j T? be append before Iraudine ,hlf. rd .' S '. M " charged with deof £B4 8 the State Advanc es Corporation cused lO JnS eteCtive ® teve nson said the acwhich St a m L household furnishings the ? btaln «> With a loan from artlcle. P wfl to another man for £93. The bv re subject to a bill of sale held Act° rP ° ratlOn under the Hir e Pur-

made C sH^ habilita^’ on department has interest ? Whlch 1 understand are buv to r s any ex-servicemen to tffirt haJ t, a ? d this - 15 hhe first case mS, hT. ?? fo , re me where a servicesaid ™ rn “. ure and ke P‘ the tended << d l h e Mag>strate He had ina wJ?nme accused to prison as 'tion «J£ g ' . but a£ter reading the probation officers report on the accused he had changed his mind. neon?/'S?k t Was bjPPbrently one ot those ffie P hm«?n. t re . being exploited through t?ate h w. S shortage, added the Magisbed £3 10s a week for ?3f a2d breakfast for his wife and himand th? a 2 extra 30s for his baby. l» rA" \, eem ,“^ n extortionate amount legislation dealing with the vel? Sd !r ay j acl "' t ” was pessed last had'r,S d H th a M ? glstrate ’ but so far he new act h d °‘ any cases under the

ha T be „ B ? agl ? trate placed Growcott on propav the X e ! re S nd ordered him ?o fnrnltM-» £93 b .t ck - to the purchaser of the tiJ? hosT’"® 8 tbe state Advances Corporation had "repossessed the goods."