RELIEF BY FRAUD
HOSPITAL BOARD TD TAKE ACTION [Per United Press Association.] AUCKLAND, February 16. “ Various recipients of relief are misrepresenting their positions,” said Mr W. A. Bishop, chairman of the Relief Committee of the Auckland Hospital Board, at a meeting of the hoard. “ There is more of it going on than you may think,” Mr Bishop added. He said he considered) that it was time the. committee made a stand and issued a warning' that in future offenders would be prosecuted. He quoted a number of specific instances, including one of . a woman who had been obtaining relief for some, time and at tbe same time was earning £2 a week.
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Evening Star, Issue 22575, 17 February 1937, Page 9
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112RELIEF BY FRAUD Evening Star, Issue 22575, 17 February 1937, Page 9
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