MISERABLE PENSIONS

Maoriland Worker, Volume 12, Issue 301, 6 December 1922, Page 1

MISERABLE PENSIONS

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Mr. M'i:,s.scy-'. is , . .'CT-edit i«r improving the .Old. Age Pension' '\ ':. '■:.■'"'.':..■:""' ■ . ■■- -•■-"■■■<■ ■ - ; , ■, : Whfifi. $Fr v the Old Age Pensions legisla-y--tfeji7jf]>,e'"llas;scy : v poliis<ysi , } > s,spoke, worked,, and voted against it, :: '. . . . : >^ ; ,,\f v fe ; --after- Mx, ■.■lil'a^sey -'a improvement, stand f 3iif.-vease oji tlie figure (10/-) ' , ■ •■ : ' ■■ •■ : " . ; ■;V ; ;; Ot Ijvinghas govio v t p i2O per cent, since then, ■ : '-Wp^.tiiiii' 'iiui, -'QlCk'lJi^Q '-' £ ']ive«\' io-day at a mueli lower stiiiidard .of <;Jo-mfor<t'-tlin:ii•■when tlie law was first put upon the ■ ■Stat-ute-B'Ook..- progress -for yoix! -' . •■■'• '. ~:Mb<d'nt Tliovc i.q do AViuow's'Pe-iisioji in "e.oiiiitry. A.-widow mi-st» liave before she gets any- ' - lias- due ."elii'ld. she gel&r7/6 l!or--the child, 7/6 for -■ ' ■. ]i-erst:i.ij • arid , "tliejT. a ;: ldj.]c! - G'Qycr\i\ut:\i permits her to earn £1 a "pension" will be cut. - 35/- Avee-kly I ■ ■ ■ , . _■ ,-;" v FoK^OOieOOxthewidows oi New Zealand could be put out of '" : '.fhe rciit?h.3l)'f -Bttt sa^ 7 tliere ie "no money.'* v< •; : -iaßsiix': jfi.g'lit^Vfoir Better Teuiiioiijs. .Vote Lab our i '