PENSIONS FOR WIDOWS.
THE NEW ACT. WELLINGTON, December 20. The Widows' Pensions Act of 1911 comes into operation on the first day of January next, and application forms for the pension payable thereunder are now obtainable on personal application to the various registrars of old-age pensions throughout the Dominion. To qualify for the pension an applicant must be a British subject, must have been resident in New Zealand six months immediately preceding the date of her application, and must have at least one * child under 14 years of age dependent upon her, of whom she is the parent. The rates of pension are £l2 per annum for one child, £lB per annum for two children, £24 per annum for three children, and £3O per • annum for more than three children all xmdei 14 years of age. These rates of pension ar© subject to deduction on account oi annual income, which Is not deemed td include wages or other personal earnings of iees than £IOO, mcliiding the pensiort. Any property owned, however, will bs treated as income at the rate of not lesa than 5 per cent, of its capital value.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3015, 27 December 1911, Page 3
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190PENSIONS FOR WIDOWS. Otago Witness, Issue 3015, 27 December 1911, Page 3
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