LIMBLESS EX SOLDIERS PASSES
(To the Editor.) . Sir, —In view of statements -made on Anzac Day regarding the care of men maimed in the war, it may surprise many of the public that last month the Tramways Committee quietly decided to cancel the tramway passes for those limbless ex-soldiers whose income, including their pension, exceeded £300 per annum. This simply mdans i that very few "limbies" will now receive passes; the majority of us left now earn just a living wage when employed, but this, combined with the pension, brings, the income up to the amount mentioned.
The action of the City Council in taking the soldiers' pension, into account when computing their income is tantamount to taxing it, and is not compatible with the attitude .of the Government, which specially exempts the pension from ■ all taxation. Nobody will deny the necessity for economy, but the action of the council in economising partly at the expense of a handful of limbless returned soldiers, is surely an action the majority of the public will not applaud. It is to be sincerely hoped the incoming council will reconsider the matter and adjust it. —I am, etc., LIMBLESS. [Another correspondent, Douglas Brown, writes making a similar protest.]
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 100, 30 April 1931, Page 10
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204LIMBLESS EX SOLDIERS PASSES Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 100, 30 April 1931, Page 10
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