COMPASSIONATE ALLOWANCES
It would be interesting to learn the reasoning of the Government in granting compassionate allowances to the widows of members of Parliament killed in action in this war. Is it not fair to ask: If such allowances are justified in these cases, are they not equally so in the case of the widow of every man killed? When we consider that the widow of every soldier is entitled by law to receive a pension on his death on active service and under certain conditions as an ex-serviceman, we may be pardoned for asking such a question. But it must also be pointed out that the widow of a private soldier receives in a month what the widow of a lieutenant-colonel receives in a week. After all, all men are equal in death; the loss by the wife of a private soldier in her husband's death is no greater than that of the wife of the lieutenant-colonel. Through the Government's action this unfair differentiation is made even worse, making the chatter of "equality of sacrifice - ' just so much more insincere than it ever has been. TROOPER.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 172, 23 July 1942, Page 4
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187COMPASSIONATE ALLOWANCES Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 172, 23 July 1942, Page 4
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