Mob ‘grant’
PA Wellington A Mongrel Mob member who received a $700; Social Welfare grant to repair his' broken-down' car at Labour Day week-! end was'paying the grant' back at $l5 a week, the Minister' of Social Wei-! fare, Dr Cullen, said yes-| terday. i' | Some ! $270 had been repaid so far, he told; Parliament in response to! a question by Mr Maurice' Williamson (Nat., Pakuranga). i Dr Cullen said that he was not satisfied the grant had been made appropriately. However, he said Opposition members should ihe aware, ‘‘while they jeer and guffaw, just whit; their reaction might have' been if 116 Mongrel Mob,: members had come into, the rather small Taumarunui district office and demanded an advance.” I .
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Press, 23 March 1988, Page 2
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