SUSTENANCE PAYMENTS
FALSE DECLARATIONS MADE CHINESE GARDENER FINED (Per United Press Association! WANGANUI, June 21. Leon Pong, a Chinese who drew sustenance payments of £1 19s for six weeks while working in a market garden whereas he was only entitled to draw 22s a week, having a wife and one child, was ordered to refund 15s on each of six charges, with costs <£2 6s) The magistrate (Mr J. H. Salmon) remarked that in dealing with these cases he always endeavoured to impose such a penalty as would reimburse the department, so that the person charged would receive no gain through his false declaration.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23223, 22 June 1937, Page 10
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