MONEY BY FRAUD
FROM UNEMPLOYMENT BOARD
THREE RELIEF WORKERS PROSECUTED
(By Telegraph— PreßS Association)
-CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. </.: Before the Magistrate, Mr Mosley,three men, described as relief workers,, were charged with obtaining .money by I fraud from the Unemployment Boards: and were ordered to refund wageS;.which they had drawn from the Board, y in default seven to fourteen days’ im-.j prisonment in the worst case. One manwas the owner of a large 'glasshouse^., 1 growing tomatoes, and his wife had, £IOOO unencumbered property. The, Magistrate said that no court would, put up with these frauds while the. country was ill such a perilous state. ,> In future the penalties would be heavier,;,
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 18 June 1931, Page 5
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110MONEY BY FRAUD Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 18 June 1931, Page 5
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