A MAINTENANCE DEFAULTER.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 16819, 23 August 1922, Page 7

A MAINTENANCE DEFAULTER.

THREE MONTHS’ STEADY WORK. “ This is the type of man for whom, work should be. found by the Unemployment Committee. otherwise the ratepayers of the city have to support his dependents.’’ This remark was made by Mr Wyvern Wilson. S.M.. at the Magistrate’s Court this morning. when Sydney George Hanby appeared on a charge of being two years in arrears on an order made for the maintenance of his child. Sub-Inspector Simpson said that the accused had been before the Court before on a similar charge, and on one occasion had served a term of imprisonment. The Magistrate : Why have you not paid some money towards the maintenance of your child?— Well, times have been hard, and 1 could not get much. What are you working at?- T do a bit of travelling on commission, but I would take any work 1 could get. The Magistrate (to the Probation Officer) : Can this man do manual work? He can do it, but I wouldn’t give him half a crown a day for it. Accused : Don’t judge until you see me at work. The Magistrate : What this man wants is .steady work, and I’m going to put him where he can get it. Ho will rise early in the morning and go to bed tired at night. The accused was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment.