SOLDIERS' DEPENDENTS
The Prime Minister has stated that "consideration might be S 1^ 11 in respect to an increase in tne domestic allowance." That is news and will be appreciated py those to whom it applies, namely, married men with children. But what about those who do not receive domestic allowance? I refer to those thousands of married men without children, whose wives receive only the soldier's allotment, plus the Government allowance of £1 4/b, which includes the recent increase. Are they to be penalised because they have no family? In very many cases the wives of these men are well on in years and physically unable to go out and work in factories and offices, even if the employers would give them the opportunity. I know from my own experience that employers prefer to give positions to juniors in spite 01 the fact that I have a wide business experience. The recent increases were made, according to a Parliamentary statement at the time, to offset the increase in the cost ,of living. Has, then, the cost of living decreased for us, because we have no children and are unable to worK. ANOTHER SOLDIER'S WIFE.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 54, 5 March 1943, Page 2
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