OLD AGE PENSIONS.
(To the Editor.)
Sir, —That the applications for tbe above shotdd be heard in open court, and consequently have press publicity, seems an unnecessarily harsh and cruel procedure, reflecting little credit upon whoever drew up the conditions. Applicants for charitable aid are more kindly dealt with. In writing on this question Mr T. E. Young, 8.A., correctly says 'A pension of so much per week is not tbe sole object; reformers must rise above tbe pocket and physical comfort to the cultivation of heart and head.' And that 'a wise, effective, and sagacious method of application is a necessary adjunct,' Possibly a one man Board is not the Dest; some person or persons acquainted with the charities of the localities should be. associated with the officer empowered to grant the pension warrant. But publicity will, on the one hand, be a deterrent to the. timid, and, on the other, to the undeserving, an unnecessary public stigma.—l am, etc..
R. FRENCH.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 6, 9 January 1899, Page 2
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