RELIEF WORKER SMASHES WINDOW

Pahiatua Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12502, 17 November 1933, Page 3

RELIEF WORKER SMASHES WINDOW

IMPOSITION OF PENALTY x DEFERRED.

Electric Telegraph—Press Association NEW PLYMOUTH. Nov. 15.

About 7 a.m. on November 9, Alfred Brown, when cleaning the window of an island show case in front of Deare’s boot and shoe shop, Heron Street, heard the crash of glass and going round to the front found William Riley, a relief worker. Pointing to a big hole in the window made by a stone Brown said, “Did you do that?” Riley replied, “Yes; they're not going to let my wife and kids starve. My wife is lying at home ill; and the kids are crook. I went down yesterday. They wouldn’t give me anything. l’il show them. I am going to give myself up to the police now.” He did. Riley appeared in Court this morning charged with causing wilful damage to the extent of £3O. A conviction was entered, but the Magistrate. Mr Woodward, deferred imposition of a penalty. The police that Riley was married and had six children. He received relief and was on the permanent list of those receiving a food supply from local charity. Mr Robert ~Deare, managing director of Deare’s, was a member of the Taranaki Hospital Board Welfare 'Committee, and was approached by Riley on November 8. Riley told him that if he was not granted relief he would do something drastic, and make the country help his family. Riley had rather a lengthy list of pluvious, convictions.