FOUR SONS FIGHTING.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14391, 1 September 1917, Page 4

FOUR SONS FIGHTING.

::• ' ; - ■"-. ■■ ■ ■••■-- ' j AND THE SAILIFF IN POSSESSION. I (From Our Pnrfiamentary Reporter.) WELLINGTON, this day. Mr Glover, who is> always a ready chaimpion of the distressed, sent a thrill of sympathetic inter«st round. the Chamber yesterday afternoon;/ "witli a piteous ■story of: hardship being suffered by a .mother' at -Auckland; - \\ v ho lias all' her sons fighting at the front. The follow- 1 ing telegram, which he read, explained her position: "Can you .get assistance from Defence Department re m^- claim? Bailiffs m possession. Claim for rent, £8 §s. Reply urgent. I have four sons at tile front." Mr Webb: Shame! shame! (Hear, hear!) ;. . I Mr Glover went on to explain tlmb ' this mother had appai'ently been unable to draw her sons' lallotanent money. "What," he demanded, '''are you going to do with a case like this? Here is a| woman who has sent her four sons to the front, and yet the bailiff is now m possession for £8 odd. Surely -the Go.'vernnhant should coin© to the, rescue of this •woman. (Hear, hear.) I shall aslo the Defence Minister to advise m© w.hafc j should: be done." • ' ~ j Members : What about the patriotic . society? I Mr Glover: The patriotic society is doing good work, but they cannot always reach all. . ' j Mr Sykes : It is a disgrace — a disgrace to the city. Members (m chorus) : Who is the land- ' lord? i Mr Glover (shaking his head) : No, no ; Ido not want , to give' that. ... j Mr Hindmaansh (indignantly) : Yes, who is the animal? ■ ■ J Members (insistently) : Yes, let us lenow his .name: Mr Payne: It begins with an "H." Mr plover :Mr It .- • Members: Shame on him ! ' "■• ' }>%c Glover, after further protestin a: against the indignity and distress placed upon tKe woman, and emphasising^ amid sympathetic interjections from, members, ; the need of urgency m affording relief, ! left the Chamber m search of the Do- ' fence Minister, -who was absent at the time of the incident. j Ths Defence Minister, upon being interviewed by. Mr Glover, provided him; with application, forms to ensure tbfi ) matter being .attended to by the Defence | Departonent, and the member subse- i quently sent a telegram to the woman, ! advising her to apply to the patriot.' --j ' society a,t once, with the assurance that' the society^ would give her temporary ' relief., ' -' •■ .