PARLIAMENT.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. V/AR PENSIONS AMKNDMFA'T ACT PASSED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. When the Council met at 2.30 p.m., Sir F. H. D. Bell moved the second reading of the War Pensions Amendment Bill. He outlined the amendments made by the Bill in the principal Act. Hon. J. Beehan said that parents should be given a pension by right, as provided for by clause 9 in the case of a widow. Sir W. Hall-Jones referred to pensions granted to members of the Civil Service and claimed tliat men who risked their lives for the Kmpire were entitled to the most favorable consideration. Hon. R. Moore said that the Act had been considerably widened, and lie thought thai Mr, Beehan's suggestion wss going too far. Hon. S. George contended that the scheme of insurance might have been arranged to cover the lives of men at the war. This would have cost about one million pounds for 50,000 men, and he considered this a matter for consideration by the Government. Sir F. H. D. Bell briefly replied to the points raised, and the second reading was carried. The Bill was reported from committee without amendment and read a third time and passed. The Council rose at 3 30 p.m. and adjourned to Wednesday nexfr.
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Taranaki Daily News, 2 June 1916, Page 5
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