A MESSIANIC DELUSION
TO THE EDITOR OF THE PRESS. Sir,—A few lines in reply to “Promises.” Regarding deserted wives, all cases are treated on their merits, and if a deserted wife is living with another man this would bar her from being eligible for a pension. The Pension Department makes full enquiries into all pension cases. . The. soldiers’ economic pension was reduced from £1 10s to £1 Is under the old Government and incrf.ised to £1 2s 7d just before the election. The Labour Government has further increased this amount to £1 ss. I think all returned men will agree this is a step in the right direction and will lead to better things when Labour has been in power long enough. Another factor is the war pension for wives who were nilable to get assistance owing to their marriage after the seven years period. I consider this a .very humanitarian piece of legislation and one that the Government will find will redound to its credit. The* only fault I find .with the present Government is that it is trying to please too many in too short a period.—Yours, etc., PAX Timaru, August 18, 1936.
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Press, Volume LXXII, Issue 21866, 20 August 1936, Page 8
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