RETIRED CIVIL SERVANTS.
AN IMPORTANT SCHEME.
ASSISTANCE ON THE LAND. [BY TELEGBAM. —PRKSS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Monday. In the course of his reply to speeches made at the informal gathering of mem bera of Parliament, in reference to tin Defence Conference, and the prorogation of Parliament, the Prime Minister refer red briefly to the question of the unemployed, and to the retiring Civil servants The number of men out. of employment, he said, had been greatly exaggerated He went on to state that the Government had decided to acquire a portion of lan J in each island, with a view to assisting Civil servants, who had been retired under the retrenchment scheme, not having superannuation amounting to £75 a year, to earn a living.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14081, 8 June 1909, Page 5
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