OLD AGE PENSIONS.
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. Complaints have been received by the Government from persons living in back country districts, and who are desirous of obtaining old age pensions, that they are compelled to travel in some long distances in order to reach thn office of the nearest registrar. The Minister in charge of the department (Hon. D. Buddo), has under consideration the granting of further facilities in such cases. The Minister explains that it is not necessary for these people to personally attend the office. Any reputable person known to the registrar can supply the particulars required by the Act, if he is able to do so. Before the pension is granted, he has to make an affidavit that the declaration is correct; but even this provision in the Act is objected to in districts where there is no Justice of the Peace, and in which travelling is difficult. These complaints do not refer to the payment of the pensions, in regard to which apparently there are no difficulties.
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Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 43, 19 February 1909, Page 6
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OLD AGE PENSIONS.
Auckland Star, Volume XL, Issue 43, 19 February 1909, Page 6
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