WIDOWS’ PENSIONS
IMPORTANT PROVISION OF BRITISH BILL
(British Official Wireless,) (Bee. November 28. 5- ’ p.m.) Rugby. November 27. The second reading of the Widows Pensions Bill, was passed by the House of Lords last night. By its most imp tant provision a pension of 10/- a week is granted to widows over 55 yt.irs old of insured men i ... had died or attained the age of 70 before 1920. Under the 1925 Act the, grant of pensions to widows of insured men was not made retros.iective. The new Bill will add 500.000 to the number of widows receiving pensions.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19291129.2.48
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 56, 29 November 1929, Page 10
Word Count
99WIDOWS’ PENSIONS Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 56, 29 November 1929, Page 10
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in