ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 26078, 15 February 1946, Page 4

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Questions will not be answered unless accompanied by the name and address of correspondents. "Art Union,” Stirling.—The Victory Art Union was drawn and the results were not widely published. “ Curious.” Balclutha.—Your problems should be referred to a solicitor. You are liable for the penalty on unpaid rates. “ Curious," Mosgiei.—There was a serious epidemic of infantile paralysis in 1925-26. As many as 66 cases were reported in the Otago and Southland health district, and eight of them were fatal. Schools remained closed after the summer holidays until April 27. “ Reader,” Middlemarch.—Money .which is drawn from a superannuation fund in a lump sum is not subject to social security or income taxes, but a retired person receiving superannuation is required to pay the wages tax of 2s 6d in the £ on the money he • receives from the fund. “ Sickness,” Balclutha.—The invalid pension for a man with a wife and two children is £2 for himself, £2 for his wife and 10s for each child. The amount paid in respect to the children is a family benefit. The second part of your question is too obscure to be answered. “Anxious,” Mornington.—A person who has had- his leg amputated in the Public Hospital as a result of an accident at his work does not pay maintenance in the Hospital if he receives compensation for his injury under the Workers’ Compensation Act. If, however, the accident has been caused by the negligence of the employer and damages are being claimed, hospital fees would be paid from the sum received as damages. :