LOANS TO SOLDIERS

Wanganui Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16035, 28 January 1920, Page 9

LOANS TO SOLDIERS

ALE OF PURCHASE ILLEGAL,

AN IMPORTANT CASE.

HAMILTON, January 27

A case of great importance to soldiers bud the first of its kind in the Domi-ncn was heard at the Magistrate’s Court, when Henry George Short, contractor, residing at Huutly, was charged that, being the person who purchased chattels with money received by way of assistance under the Repatriation 'Act, he did sell, without the consent- in writer g of officers of the Repatriation Department. The defendant pleaded guilty, but claimed the offence was more "one of carelessness than anything else. The counsel for the department said that defendant had been granted £250 to purchase » carrier’s plant, but dir! not make a success. He therefore sold me of the horses. The department had no desire to press for a penalty, but wished the case to act as a warning! Defendant was convicted and ordered t > omo up for sentence if called upon within sis months. He was ordered to pay £l2 for Hie horse within the week.