OLD-AGE PENSIONS
LONDON, J^feary 1. Tlie British Post Office has provided 13 tons of silver to pay half a million old-age pensioners. The Times estimates that when a,U the old-age pension claims are examined there wilj be 620,000 pensioners, costing £155,000 weekly, exclusive of the cost of the administration of the act. January 2. j The first payment of old-age pensions ' worked smoothly, the rush of applicants j baing below expectations.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2860, 6 January 1909, Page 19
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71OLD-AGE PENSIONS Otago Witness, Issue 2860, 6 January 1909, Page 19
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