PENSIONS TO WIDOWS—: « —

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1257, 12 October 1911, Page 5

PENSIONS TO WIDOWS- —: « —

THE NEW BILL. Sir Joseph Ward stated in the House on Tuesday -that the Pensions to Widows Bill provi'ded for a pension _ being paid to widows with children. Wliero there was ono. child the annual pension was ■£12;. where there wero twoj ,£18; and where there were threo, .£2l. A widow with more than three children was to Teceive *£30 a year. , These sums would be paid irrespective of any sums that the widow might be earning in obtaining a living for herself and h«r family. The pensions would be subject to diminution by ill for every £1 by which tho widow's estimated annual incomo exoeeded *£30. Under the Bill, estimated annual income meant aggregate income from all sources other than personal earnings or a pension under the Bill. The Act did not apply to any child over fourteen years old, nor to any illegitimate child, unless it were legitimate by subsequent marriage of its parents. The Act did not apply to any adopted child or any child bora out of New _ Zealand, unless its mother had been resident in New Zealand within not loss than sis months of its birth. Some of the clauses were taken from the Ord Age Pensions Act. Mr. Herries: "Does it apply to Maoris Sir Joseph Ward: "Yes; it applies to any widows in the country. No distinct.ion_ is drawn between Europeans and Natives." The Prime Minister added that tho estimated cost of this provision for widows was ,£35,000 por annum. Mr. Herdman asked whether if an .order benefiting a widow wero made against a near relative under the Destitute Persons Act, sho would be entitled to benefit under this Bill ? Tho Prime Minister stated that a magistrate would have to decide the point, but a widow benefiting under the Destitute Persons Act could not benefit under this Bill, and vice versa. .

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