OLD AGE PENSIONERS

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13756, 22 May 1908, Page 8

OLD AGE PENSIONERS

QUESTION OF CHARITABLE AID. [BY TELEGRAPH.I'ttESS ASSOCIATION'.] CtntrsTcnuncn, Thursday. At yesterday's meeting of the North Canterbury Charitable Aid Board, the chairman cited a case which the Board had been called upon to .relieve under somewhat extraordinary circumstances. A man was granted an old age pension by a stipendiary magistrate, but the pension appeared to have been afterwards disallowed by the registrar at Wellington, consequently the recipient, who had not previously applied to the Board tor relief, found himself under the necessity of doing so when deprived of the benefit of provision made for his declining years. How far there might be legal authority for over-riding the decision of the magistrate was not known. The chairman further mentioned that the number of applications j made by or on behalf of old ago pen- j sioners for admission to the Board's homes (which were primarily established for housing absolutely destitute persons) was really increasing. A member gave notice to move at next meeting, "That the Board provide a home for old age pensioners who are not capable' of look-' ing after themselves." It was resolved, That the chairman write to the Prime Minister concerning the case under discussion."