OUTDOOR RELIEF.
DISTRIBUTION OF BONUS.
11,000 ADULTS TO BENEFIT,
(By Telegraph.—Press Association.)
WELLINGTON,. Monday.
Eleven thousand adults /will participate in the ' Christmas bonus of £20,000 to recipients of outdoor relief from hospital and charitable aid boards throughout the. The number of 1 dependents affected byoutdoor relief at the present time will bring the aggregate of recipients of the cash bonus to 28,000. These are the official estimates as submitted to the Minister of Health, Mr. Eraser, by officers of the 45 hospital and charitable aid boards operating in New Zealand. In view of the fact that the boards reported distribution of direct relief to no fewer than 11,000 cases, it is presumed by the authorities that they represent adults, each entitled to receive £ 1 from the Government's bonus as an unconditional extra payment in cash. The 17,000 others are dependents directly affected by the granting of outdoor relief by the boards concerned, and as such those recipients will be entitled. under the scheme of distribution to receive 5/ each.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 298, 17 December 1935, Page 10
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