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 tho various registrars of old-age pension* throughout the Dominion. To qualify for the pension an applicant must bo a British subject, must nave been resident in New Zealand six months immediately preceding the date of her application, and must have at least one child under 14 veare of ago 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 under 14 years of age. These rates of pension are subject to deduction on p,ccount of annual income, which is not deemed to include wages or other personal earnings of lees than £IOO, including the pension. Anv property owned, however, will bo treated as income at the rate of not less than 5 per cent, of its capital value.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3016, 3 January 1912, Page 67
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190PENSIONS FOR WIDOWS. Otago Witness, Issue 3016, 3 January 1912, Page 67
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