"NOT TOO MUCH.”
COST OF GOVERNMENT’S IN- ! VALIDITY SCHEME.
MR. COATES’S EMPHATIC STATEMENT.
(Special To The Times). . ... LEVIN, Nov. 8. . “I think invalidity pensions will be .about the first Thing,/; we, , shall tackle,” the Prime Minister said at Levin yesterday, when dealing with the policy of the Government , in respect of humanitarian regulations. “We have already gone a long way in working out a scheme , and seeing how we can work in with the friendly societies. The- scheme mat cost about £309,090 or £350,000. 'A voice: “Too much.” “It is not too much,” the. Prime Minister replied in a decisive tone. “It is not too much, because the present position is unfair. It Is wrong for a man to think he would be better .out of the way, .because hrs’wife arid chilslre4mwo«ld tho-q-utet a pension., J have worked on this scheme for years and I believe we have got over the difficulties at last. A voice: “It sounds grand, but if you wait too long they will all be dead.” The Prime Minister: “l, agree we must not wait long, but forgot it is this Government, that- has tackled the problem. Nobody else did it. It is a matter of allocating the responsibility for carrying it out .
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10739, 9 November 1928, Page 6
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