HBH 1892 Sept 14 JACOBSEN and CHRISTIANSEN THE JACOBSEN CASE Messrs SAINSBURY and LOGAN, solicitors to the Board, wrote in reply to questions put to them in connection with a case raised at the preceding meeting of the Board by Mr S.JOHNSON, almoner for the Board at WAIPAWA. It appeared that a man named JACOBSEN, a widower with several children, and the owner of a farm section and a house at NORSEWOOD, some time ago started from the latter place to go to PAHIATUA, to fell bush. He had money in the bank, and was said to have £30 sewn into the lining of his waistcoat. One of the children could not support herself, and he left her with a Mrs CHRISTIANSEN at NORSEWOOD, promising to send money for the child's support. He was never heard of again, and did not reach PAHIATUA, nor could he be traced to any other place. Somebody had put it about that the man had gone back to DENMARK, or which country he was a relative, but a letter written to a relative in that country dissipated that view, and the general opinion was that he was be dead. Prior to leaving Norsewood he locked up his household furniture and other belongings in one of the four rooms his house contained, and gave authority to a man named WINGER to let the house. The woman with whom the child was left could not afford to keep it, and applied to Mr JOHNSON for relief, when the above facts were elicited. The question submitted to the Board's solicitors was as to the property owned by JACOBSEN could be made to contribute towards the support of his child. The reply was to the effect that the case was provided for in the Destitute Persons Act, 1887, and that a magistrate could issue a summons under that Act which need not necessarily be served upon the parent if he could not be found. All other necessary proceedings were provided for. It was decided to refer the reply of the Board's solicitors to Mr JOHNSON, for him to take the necessary proceedings.