OLD AGE PENSIONS.
By Telegraph.—Pre us 'Association.—Copyright. London, February 27. j i The ■ Chancellor of the Exchequer | (Mr. H. ,H. Asquith) in the j i House of Commons yesterday, , ; made a statement with regard ; >to old age pensions. He said j that a pension of 5s a week for : j.2,018,716 persons of over 65 years of j 1 age would require a sum of j | £26,225,000. • ! Mklkourvk. February 28. j ! The Federal Old Age Pension Commis- I sion bis submitted a report. which confirms j the particulars prev.oUf-Iy given, and re- , i commends varieus fekemeti for raising the , necessary revenue, including a wages tax, . I duties oh tea and kerosene, an absentee j ; tar on unimproved! land values, a Govern- j i meat monopoly of tobacco, additional duties j ! on intoxicants and matches, and the taxa- I i tion of amusements. '■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13114, 1 March 1906, Page 5
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