LIVING IN COMFORT
THE DOLE IX VICTORIA A STARTLING POSITION Melbourne. Aug. 12. The Premier. Sir Stanley Argyle, tonferrel that lie is staggered at the number of persons ill Victoria who are receiving Federal ontl State aid. He said there were 004.513 recipients of State charity costing more than XS.Ooo.oon_ This large a.rnty is lieing maintained by fewer than 100.000 taxpa.vets quite apart from the expenditure on unemployment. The Ministry intends to revise the whole scheme of social jtoyinents. Sir Stanley Argyle cite I a i vpical ease of a limit drawing a salary of f2pon a year who is also drawing a war pension of 10s weekly. Whole families are living eomfortahiy on charitable doles.
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Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 2796, 13 August 1932, Page 5
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