OLD AGE PENSIONS.
Ordinary simple justice is demanded on belmlf of those in receipt of "the old age pension. Before the last-election Mr. Parry made this subject a frequent topic for denunciation of the late Government's neglect. When the Labour Government came into ollicc £250,000 was distributed in bonuses to the unemployed and sustenance workers, but the old and equally deserving people were told that they must wait for legislative authority as soon as Parliament met. Further delay is now excused until the Government accounts are submitted and the mental hospital facilities are increased. Yet tlie Government can restore cuts and give general financial benefits in other directions, and it its intended to immediately increase the P.W.I), employees' (which includes Maori workers) pay to 10/ per day. But the poor old age pensioners must continue to eke out a miserable existence on 17/6 per week with bread up. in price and milk to be raised in a few days. CIVIS.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 103, 2 May 1936, Page 8
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