UNION FUNDS STOLEN.
SECRETARY SENT TO GAOL. [UT TELEGRAPH- —PRESS ASSOCIATION.] WELLINGTON, Wednesday. Elected by fellow workers at the railway construction camp near Gisborne to \ict as local secretary for the New Zealand Workers' Union and collect fees, Joseph McGovern, aged 59, disappeared with funds amounting to £4l 5s in his possession. McGovern was charged to-day with failing to account for the money, nnd with obtaining £8 from Joseph Albert Cole by false protonces, It was stated that ho was well known to tho police. lie was sentenced to six months on each charge, the terms to be concurrent.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21086, 21 January 1932, Page 10
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99UNION FUNDS STOLEN. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21086, 21 January 1932, Page 10
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