V.C. CAPTAIN'S AFFAIRS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19215, 2 January 1926, Page 2 (Supplement)

V.C. CAPTAIN'S AFFAIRS.

INMATE OF WORKHOUSE. EJECTED FROM WIFE'S HOME. Captain Frederick Charles Booth, V.C., who was ejected from his wife s house, The Lodge, Effingham, by her servants, including her chauffeur, groom, and gardener, and was subsequently bound over for twelve months by the Dorking magistrates on a summons for using threats toward Mrs. Booth, has been an inmate of tho Dorking workhouse. He was admitted on a relieving officers order. He appeared to be destitute. The board of guardians subsequently considered his case, and told him that he must take his discharge. Captain Booth, in an interview, said he did not know why the guardians had taken this course. "I am destitute," he said. "I have only one farthing in my pocket. Tho guardians told me they did not want me there, and that 1 am to clear off. If they had told me that they were sorry for mo and would do what they could to help, it would have been what I expected—common sense—and would have oeen tho attitude I should have expected for a man in my position. Instead of that, I am told to go cut into the streets."