INFLUENZA RELIEF
CHU^DREN'S PENSIONS. Statements were made in the House of Representatives to-day by the' Prime Minister and Sir Joseph Ward that it was intended to place a sum of money on the Supplementary Estimates to provide relief for the distress arising from the influenza epidemic. Inquiries were being made now, but until sufficient information received to enable the preparation of come scheme, no particulars could be given. ' Mr. Sidey drew attention to an anomaly in the matter of widows' pensions. Pensions were granted to children if the mother was alive and was a widow, but if the .mother and father were both dead there was no-provision , for the children. This was a matter of some urgency in view of the effects of the epidemic. The Prime Minster said he was aware of thia anomaly, and thought it Bhonld be rectified, but he doubted if it could be done this session.
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Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 136, 5 December 1918, Page 8
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