CHILD ENDOWMENT.
N.S.W. SCHEME DISCUSSED. (BY cable—pbebs association—oosybioht.) (ACSTBALIAN AND H.JS. ■'• CABLB ASSOCIATION.) (Kecoived January 28th, 1 a.m.) SYDNEY, January 27. Tho sub-committee of the Labour a Party. appointed to enquire into the family endowment scheme, after discussion, proposed, inter alia, that a national scheme of child endowment should be instituted on a basis of 5s a week per child to be granted to families With incomes up to £4OO. It was suggested that starting price betting shops in the State should be licensed, and the' revenue utilised to pay a portion of the endowment, and it was also proposed that a State lottery should he instituted, and that 'probate duties, etamp duties, and the tax on higher income* should be increased. A conditional agreement was arrived at to-day, and the' matter will be further discussed tomorrow. It is intended that the endowment'legislation will be dealt with hefore Parliament is prorogued.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18911, 28 January 1927, Page 11
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151CHILD ENDOWMENT. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18911, 28 January 1927, Page 11
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