AUSTRALIAN RATES OF PAY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 17067, 27 July 1917, Page 6

AUSTRALIAN RATES OF PAY

ALLOWANCES TO MARRIED MEN. In view of the present agitation by the' Second League for increased allowances to dependents and pensions, it niay be of interest to show what are the earnings of a married man who enlists as a private in the Australian Expeditionary Force. The total fortnightly income of a man with a wife and no children is £4 9s 10d (his pay)} the fortnightlv pension ii the husband is totally incapacitated is £4 10s, and the fortnightly pension if the husband is tilled is £2. A private with a wife and one child receives as pay £4 15s Id (plus 12s 6d a fortnight, Patriotic Fund allowance if required), making his total fortnightly income £5 7s 7d. If he should be totally incapaci. tated the pension is £5 10s, and if killed £3. The other allowances are graded aa follow, the figures being for a fortnight in each case:—rSoldier with wue and two children, total pay £5 Os 4d, Patriotic Fund allowance, if required, I7s 6d, penskra 3 husband totally incapacitated £6 ss, pension if husband is killed £4 ss; soldier with a wife_ and three children, pay £5 5s 7<j, patriotic allowance 17s 6d, pension if totallv mcapac'ated £6 15s, pension if killed £V 153; soldier with wife and four children, pay £5 10s 10d. patriotic allowance 17s 6d, pension if totally incapacitated. £7 5s pen? sion if killed £5 15s. In addition to these allowances there is Is per day, deferred pay amounting to_ £18 5s per. year, which th« soldier draws in a lump sum on his return. TAIERI WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION. The weekly meeting of fho Taiett Women's Patriotic Association was held o* Tuesday. There was a good attendance oi members, and a quantity of work was given in. It was decided to send to all the Taieri boys Christmas parcels, each to contain among other things sweets, Rex cheese, meat extract, concentrated soup, condensed milk, and raisins. AD the members present promised to contribute and to gather suitable articles from their friends. Gifts for theso parcels or donations of money will be gratefully received. They may be left at the Coronation HalL *