OLD AGE PENSIONS.
TEN SHILLINGS A WEEK. '1 HE FEDERAL SCHEME. ALLOWANCE FOE INVALIDS. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright*. MKUiocHXK, June 3. At an early hour this morning the Hid Age Pensions Bill wax presented t<> the Federal House. It. provides a pension for every perxon who Una attained the an"of 65," or those who, being incapacitated from work, have attained the aire of 60. Women of 60 will receive the }H»ru<ion.
Provision is also made for invalid pensions to conic- into operation by (subsequent proclamation, under which every person above the ago of 16, permanently incapacitated, shall receive a pension. The amount of each pension m fixed at £26 j>er annum. \ . ft is understood that the annual cost ol the scheme will be £1,800,030. (Received June 4, I a.in.i .Mr.i.JsorjKNK, .June 3. Air. Groom, in moving the second read* ing of the Old Ag-i Pensions Hill, estimated the cost at £1,600,000 per annum. THE ENGLISH MEASURE. INQUISITORIAL INERT. , (Received June 4, 12.9 a.m.) London, Jim® 3. lie text of the OKI Age Pension? I!*!! has been criticised on the grounds that inquisitorial machinery ha* bwn inttoducec' and numerous restriction.*.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13767, 4 June 1908, Page 5
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