MEDICAL TUTOR'S PLIGHT.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14109, 10 July 1909, Page 2 (Supplement)

MEDICAL TUTOR'S PLIGHT.

REDUCED TO DESTITUTION BY

HEALTH. The recent speech of Mr. Asquith's, regarding the vicissitudes of profess ?al men, was aptly illustrated at the West London Police Court recently, when Arthur Gooch, a medical tutor, and his wife were accused. of wandering without visible means of subsistence, and of endangering the health of their two young daughters, aged 15 and 12. The mother and children were found sleeping on the step at the entrance to South Kensington station in the early hours of the morning, while the father was standing at a coffee stall. The girls said they had been sleeping out for a fortnight— cabs, omnibuses, and cellars. While a policeman was inquiring into the matter a man who was standing at the coffee-stall gave Mr. Gooch 19s. "I have been a medical coach for 14 years," Mr. Gooch informed the magistrate, " and I have lived in Pelham Road, West Kensington, for 10 years. In consequence of ill-health and loss of business 1 have gradually lost my position, and the landlord of the house pressed me." The case was adjourned in order that the Court missionary might endeavour to find employment for the girls, who are well educated. .