Old Age Pensions.
(To the Editor of the Times,
Sir, —There must be some extra provision in the Old Age Pensions Act, taking in those of from seventy to eighty years and over. It is very plain that longevity is increasing. Their aid from the present pension is also lessened. Thus, for example : One married pair of pensioners havo been much aided by the shilling per day. They arc hale and hearty, and can help themselves, but every day lessens that power gradually. Their sons and daughters are away through the world. The old people must bo their own servants when unable to go out. There are those who would die rather than become an encumbrance. There are some institutions in Prance. You may not urge forward the deaths, though they may seek it themselves after the failure of limbs and faculties.—l am, etc., Pensioner.
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 37, 13 February 1901, Page 3
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