GOOD SAMARITAN

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21992, 29 June 1933, Page 8

GOOD SAMARITAN

AID TO ERRING YOUTH. An illustration of the manner in which people in humble circumstances are ever ready to lend a helping hand to one another was provided by a case at the Police Court at Bromley, Kent, lately. Charles William Neville, a fishmonger, was charged with embezzling 14s Id from his employers. It was stated that Neville, a young man of 20, was without parents and friendless. He was said to have had an irreproachable character before his lapse, and when the police court missionary reported that a woman was prepared to look after him until he was able to obtain employment, the magistrates decided to bind him over. The woman whose heart was so readily touched by Neville's predicament is Mrs Smith, wife of a milkman. "I knew this lad ever since he used to call at the house where I was working,". she said. "He was one of the nicest and most polite errand boys I have ever come across. Of his weekly wages of fl 3s Gd, the sum of £1 went to his landlady, and when I saw that he had no parents and was without a home I determined to do what. I could for him. " I offered to bail him out and afterwards I agreed to stand surety for his good behaviour. After the hearing he came to see me. I gave him a meal and a good talking to. reminding him that if lie went wrong again he would be letting mo down as well as himself."