SOCIAL SECURITY
Age Benefit NO BAR TO EMPLOYMENT. WELLh ,i ON. March 30. The Prime Minister (Mr Savage) announced, to-day, that to overcome the difficulty of men, aged 60, who, on qualifying for the age benefit, will have no income, between April 1. and 23. it had been decided to provide work until April 11. . 'To those men. with no other income during that period, this means that the age benefit for April will lie pax able on April 23.
Mr Savage adds: ‘There is no bar to accepting ordinary employment, instead of the age benefit, or to supplementing the age benefit by the amount of allowable income. The Government, will also instruct placemen! officers to assist in obtaining employment.”
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Grey River Argus, 31 March 1939, Page 4
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