Negligent Woman Gets into Trouble
AUCKLAND,, Oct 18.
The law shouch oe amenuea to prohibit women 01 an unaesiraole type from going aboard ships, said Mr J. H. Luxford, S.M., when Mihi Wong Foy, aged 31, was charged with being idle and disorderly, with insuificient means of support. The police said the woman was found early yesterday morning in a cabin m ihe Lauioka. She is the Maori wife of a Chinese who is ill and unable to work. She was neglecting her two children.
It was stated that, with the invalidity pension and child allowance, £2l was going to’ the home each month. The Magistrate said that in view of that the charge could not be sustained. “I cannot imagine wny shipping companies allowed Women t 0 go aboard,” he added.
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Grey River Argus, 20 October 1948, Page 8
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