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Woman from Napier WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY? A woman who was in Napier at the time of the earthquake became a refugee at Wellington, and later, instead of returning to Napier, went to Auckland, where she secured employment. After a time she returned to Wellington, and, finding it impossible to get suitable work there, she applied to' the Wellington Hospital Board for help. They told her that she was the Napier Board’s responsibility, and paid her passage back there. Arrived at Napier, she was told that, having stayed some months in Auckland, she would have to go back there, and they paid her fare to Auckland, where she arrived without any money. She applied to the Auckland Board for help, as she could obtain no work, and appealed to the board not to keep her travelling all the time. She thought, if she had a chance for a week to look for work, she would find something to de.
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Dominion, Volume 25, Issue 91, 12 January 1932, Page 5
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