XMAS BONUS
RESTRICTIONS -ON OUTDOOR RELIEF RECIPIENTS'.
WHY oLl> AGE PENSIONERS ARE OMITTED.
7JEGAL OBSTACLES IN WAY
(Tress Association.)
WELLINGTON; Dec. 14
In a statement to-day, the Hon. P. Fraser indicates that the grant of £20,000 from the consolidated fund as a Christmas bonus to recipients of outdoor relief definitely will be participated in by those who, in respect tothe week ending on December 14, have received relief of a regular character in kind —rations, fuel and rent—or in, cash, such relief being occasioned by old age, sickness, physical infirmity or other bodily or mental disabilities, widowhood or desertion, or the imprisonment of the
breadwinner. Mr. Fraser says that earnest and favorable consideration has been given by the Government to the provision of the Christmas bonus lor necessities for old-age pensioners, but it was found, unfortunately, that there were at present legal obstacles in the way that prevented this being done.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 12735, 16 December 1935, Page 5
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