PENSIONS FOR ORPHANS

Waipawa Mail, Volume LXVI, Issue 70, 2 March 1938, Page 3

PENSIONS FOR ORPHANS

A LEGISLATIVE anomaly. WELLINGTON, Lust uight. In tli House to-dnv Mr R. A. \Yri"lit (I mk‘pendent, Wellington Suburl'- nave notice to ask the Minjgter in Intrge of Pensions (the Hon. W E. Parry) the following qnrsti"ii: "Is the Minister aware that in. |.rii-i mi is allowed to orphans jnca-i- '"to the mother predeceases the fatl ■ r. and on the death of the latter the children are left without financial -n|>i«oi t ? Is it proposed to introduce legislation to correct this anomaly !" “It is admitted that the Child A\ elfare Department tabes charge of destitue orphans." Mr Wright added, “but if the pension now granted to children whose mothers are widows Here allowed in those cases where both parents have passed away, other relatives would willingly accommodate and educate the orphans in question and relieve the Child Welfare Depart tin sit of nil responsibility.