CHILD ENDOWMENT
NEW SOUTH WALES • SCHEME TO SUPPLEMENT BASIC WAGE Sydney, December 24. The Child Endowment Bill will be introduced in January. An endowment will be provided for every child ,where the breadwinner of the family does not earn more than £750 annually. Another estimate is that tips will cost the country £7,000,000. . The cmld endowment scheme will be retrospective to December 15, the date of the declaration of the basic wage. The Caucus approved the Child Endowment Bill, which will apply to children up to 14 years. The scheme will cost the State £1,500,000, and the employers £5,500,000 yearly.
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 78, 27 December 1926, Page 9
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