RELIEF WORKER CHARGED
FALSE DECLARATION COMMENT BY MAGISTRATE [BT TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] DUNEDIN, Friday A relief worker was charged in the Police Court with making a false declaration to the Unemployment Board that he was married and was living with his wife. It was shown that defendant was married,* but had gone to Australia, returning with another woman, by whom he had two children. He said he had three children and as a result the board was misled. The magistrate said that the proceedings were ill-advised if the man wero supporting a woman and two children. He had made an incorrect statement, but at the same time he was not living as a single man. The magistrate adjourned ».he case to enable the prosecution to withdraw proceedings if thought fit.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21278, 3 September 1932, Page 11
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130RELIEF WORKER CHARGED New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21278, 3 September 1932, Page 11
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