ALLEGED STARVATION CASE

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IX, Issue 2571, 7 June 1909, Page 2

ALLEGED STARVATION CASE

RESULT Dl 1 ' IN'WHtY

COMPLAINANT AN ANTI-WOHRIiH

Ily Telegraph.—Press Association. TAIIIAI'E, this day

With reference to the alleged starvation ciisc reported to Mr. Jennings, of tlio Timber Commission, the result ol inquiries shou> that the wile and child inive certainly had a hard time. 'lhe husband is not connected with the timber industry, but is a man who would not. work when he had every chance. Tim familv live on tho Olium-rond, M miles from Raelihi, where the husband brought them from another district. While in distressed circumstances lie has received money, and help in othci ways, but is an anti-worker. Stroll" resentment is fell here and at Raelihi at the libel on the district through the sensational pre,-s headings. The case is an entirely isolated one.