Benefit up Oct. 17
The family benefit will rise from $3 a week to $6 a week for each child, on October 17. The first instalment of the new rate will not be pavable until October 30- ■■ ■■ ( : The Social Welfare De-
ipartrnent received many telephone calls yestefday after a report in “The Press” that the benefit had in•creased from yesterday, said ;the department's assistant (director of benefits and penIsioris (Mr A. Ritchie).
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Press, 2 October 1979, Page 3
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72Benefit up Oct. 17 Press, 2 October 1979, Page 3
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