OLD AGE PENSIONS.

Evening Post, Volume LVII, Issue 22, 27 January 1899, Page 6

OLD AGE PENSIONS.

Sixty more applicants came before Mr. 11. Eyre Kenny., tS.M., this morning. Mr. l'hoinas Doyle, 83 years of age, hud not been out ol the colony for 2b years, and avms accordingly granted the full pension of £18. Mrs. Enza Jane BroAvn (represented by her daughter), age calculated at considerably over 65, and length of residence, etc., satisfactory, £l 8 pension granted, subject to proot of character. Mr. David Dick, 88 years of age, landed on Petone beach in 1840, £18 pension. Mr. James H. 'Williams, 95 years of age, arrived here in 1853, £18 pension. Mr. Kichard Allen (represented by Mr. J. G. \V. Aitken), 71 years of age, residence 39 years, £18 pension. Mrs. M'Kinnon, 66 years old, in the colony 39 years, £18. Mrs. Palmer, 65 last year (proof of age lo be obtained), 36 years in the colony, £18 pension. Mrs. Elizabeth Johnsen, 69 years old, in NeAV Zealand for 38 years, £18 pension. The preceding five arc inmates of the Home for the Aged Needy. Mr. Michael M'Mahon, 72 years of age, arrived here in 1861, £18 pension. ]\lr. John Danderson stated he Avas going on for 66, and his application Avas postponed for proof of age. Mrs. Rebecca Remington, age 74 years, landed in 1842, £18 pension. Mr. John Remington, 80 years old, AA'as also allowed the full pension. Mr. Thomas GalloAvay, born in 1833, landed at the Bluff in 1864, Avas granted an £18 pension, subject to proof of age. Mr. Charles Carr, 66 years old, landed in the colony in 1867, £18. Mr. Samuel Robinson, 71 years of age, 32 years in the colony, £18. The claim of Mr. Michael Foley, 65 last birthday, had to be disallowed as he had been out of the colony for jusfc over tAro years during the last 25. Mr. John Till, nearly 66, 43 years' residence, £18 allowed subject to proof of character and age. Mr. Charles Pressman, age 77, in the colony 36 years, £18. Mrs. Margaret Roberts, 69 years old, 42 years spent in Wellington, £18. Mr. EdAvard Griggs, 71 years of age, in New Zealand since 1860 £18. The claim of Mrs. Charlotte Osborne, 71, was postponed till November, for completion of term of residence. £18 pensions Avere granted to— Mr. William Aston, 69 years old, 41 in the colony ; Mr. Thomas S. Dixon, 68 years, 39 in the colony ; Mrs. Harriet Williams, 67 years of age, 31 in the colony ; Mr. Thomas Pelham, 78 years, 40 in the colony ; Mr. Wilson Barnes, 66 years old. 46 in the colony • Mrs. Mary Teresa Cahill. 70 years of age, 59 in the colony ; Mr. EdAvai-d Cahill, 74 years, 53 in the colony; Mr. Dennis Tobin, 66 j'ears old, 37 in the colony ; Mr Thomas Jones, 65 years old, 36 in the colony; Mrs. Catherine Hutcheson, 70 years of age, 45 in the colony ; Mrs. Elisa Mitchell, 71 years old, 58 in the colony • Mr. John F. M'Larney, 73 years of age, 54 years here ; Mrs. Eliza Lowey, 70 years old, 41 in the colony ; Mrs. Mary Morris, 68 years of age, 38 in the colony; Mrs. Davida Amelia Connell, 65 years. 41 in the colony; Mr. Joseph Scarf, 65 years old, 35 m the colony ; Miv Isabella Kelly, 68 years, 35 in the colony. The Court adjourned' at the luncheon adjournment till 2.15. This afternoon £18 pensions Avere granted as follows:— Mr. John Hill, 96 years of age, 38 in the colony ; Mrs. Sarah Pa<*c 67 years, and Mr. William Page. 66 years, both 33 years in the colony ; Mr. Joseph Everard, 67 years, 42 in the colony ; Mrs Matilda BroAA'n, 73 years, 26 in the colony • Mr. Samuel DoAvdall, 68 years, 40 in the colony ; Mr. Thomas Wilmott, 72 years 26 in the colony ; Mr. Thomas Yates Edmunds, 74 years of age, 44 in the colony • Mrs. Mary Message, 70 years, 29 in the colony; Mr. Edward Brumfitl, 77 years, 36 in the colony; Mrs. Marianne Grant, 66 years, 32 in the colony. The facilities afforded for obtaining old age pensions are being extended. In this Aveek's Gazette an order appears revoking clause 11 of the q\d regulations and substituting a neAv one for it. This sets out . thai — 1. If, in the course of investigation, the Stipendiary Magistrate considers that further evidence on any specific matter is necessary, he may authorise an officer of his Court, or any other fit person, to enquire into the same, and may accept the result of such enquiry as evidence. 2. For the purposes of such enquiry the person so a]Dpointed shall have free access to the various official records of title to land, the registers and records of the RegistrarGeneral's Department, and all real and personal property of the claimant or pensioner, and all books, vouchers, and documents relating to such property or to his income. 3. It be the duty of all officers of the various departments to afford, without fee, all reasonable information to the person so appointed 4. The Stipendiary Magistrate may also, in his discretion, accept as testimony for or against the claim a statutory declaration made by any clergyman, Justice, postmaster, or other reputable person ; any other documentary evidence, whether strictly legal evidence or not ; the SAvorn spoken evidence of any reputable person Avho deposes to Avhat, from enquiries made by him, he believes to be true ; or the knoAvledge or obsevation of the Stipendiary Magistrate himself. Mr. J. J. Bedford's period of residence in the colony has been 43 years, not 36, as stated. The number of Old Age Pension claims lodged at Invercargill to date is 325. [BY TELEGRAM — PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Auckland, 261h January. So far, 40 Maori claims for old age pensions have been received from Rototua natives and seven from Taupo. Dunedin, This Day. Up to "Wednesday 358 Old Age Pension claims had been dealt A\ilh in Dunedin, 201 certificates being issued for full pensions, and 30 for partial ; 14 applications declined, and 113 adjourned.