BEGRUDGED PAYMENT

Taranaki Daily News, 7 November 1935, Page 6

BEGRUDGED PAYMENT

LEVY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT. USE OF THE MONEY QUESTIONED. The belief that the unemployed did not receive the money paid by way of levies was the reason given by William A. Tubby at the Stratford Police Court yesterday for his lapse in the payment of unemployment levies. He explained that he begrudged paying the levies because he did not think the unemployed received the money. When he was called Tubby said he had paid the levies since the summons was issued. “Why did you not pay these levies?” asked Mr. W. H. Woodward, S.M. “I grudge paying them,” Tubby said. “I would not mind paying double if the unemployed got the money,” he added. The magistrate: Who gets it then?. Tubby: I do not know; the unemployed do not. Were you in a position to pay?—Oh, yes! I can pay. Do you refuse to pay on principle?— I have been 50 years in this country and seen worse times than this but I have never seen this sort of thing. “The unemployed get it all right,” the magistrate said. “I do not think so.” Tubby said. The magistrate: Oh, yes they do. Tubby: They would not be so hard up if they did. I would willingly pay double if they got it. “You had better pay a bit more then,” the magistrate said as he fined Tubby 103, with 10s costs.