A very sad ease came before the Benevolent Institution Trustees oh Tuesday. A man, very respectable in appearance, had applied to Ihe secretary last .Friday for assistance, which was granted. Ihe men and his wife, who have boon resident in the Colony for a number of years, aro now in a most distressed position. The man, who is a blacksmith by trade, has been incapacitated from work for some months, owing to an injured arm. They struggled as best they could against adversity, until at lar-t their youngest child died, and not having any money to pay for its burial, they were forced to apply for relief. The wife had also been stricken down with sickness, and was now in bed. The secretary had given an order for the burial of the child, and rations. The Trustees renewed the order for rations, besides allowing 6s per week.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1290, 19 November 1896, Page 16
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