WAR PENSIONS.
GREAT BURDEN IN FRANCE. SIX PER CENT. OF POPULATION(United Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 10.35 a.m.) PARIS, December 27. A total of 2,500,000 persons, or more than 6 per cent, of the population of France, are still pensioners. Or these, 625,000 are widows owing to the war, and there are nearly a million disabled soldiers and sailors. The Parliamentary vote in 1929 will be for £42,000,000. Widows are to receive £2O annually, plus £7 per child. . . A Bill is being introduced into the Chamber of Deputies, presuming that 400,000 of the war-time missing are dead, and also providing that in future wars those missing for two years shall be legally regarded as dead, and their wives eligible to re-marry.—Aus-tralian Press Association.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 49, Issue 66, 28 December 1928, Page 5
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