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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIV, Issue 12, 22 March 1906, Page 31

The Rev. Father Flanagan, who has been- 14 years in charge of the parish of Kelso, and who has been appointed to Balhursl, was presented with an address and a purse of sovereigns by his late parishioners. There was a large gathering. Mr. J. J. Sullivan presided, and made the presentation. Monsignor Long, Administrator of the diocese, and the Very Rev. m! J. O'Reilly, CM , were among the visitors. The report of the Federal Commission on Old Age Pensions had lust been issued. The Commission found that the total cost of old-age pensions at present is approximately :— New South Wales, 22,000 pensioners, £508,000 p?r annum; Victoria, 11,452 pensioneers' £205,000 per annum; New Zealand, 11,7^0 pensioners, £325,000 per annum. ( The cost of administration is :-l New South Wales, £19/986 per annum ; Victoria, £16in ; New Zealand, £.3!)36]. The Commission recommenced that a bill should be submitted to the Federal Parliament for e-arlv consideration. The rate of pensions, it slates, should be fixed at a maximum of 10s per weok, the ctialifying .age being 65 years, to be reduced to &0 where an applicant is permanently incapacitated. The Commission also recommends that in the proposed legislation it should be distinctly laid down that old-age pensions are to be granted as a right, and not as charity.

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