ELIGIBILITY FOR FAMILY ALLOWANCE
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WELLINGTON, March 21. Lack of "marri'age lines" does not disqnalify any motlier from participation in the ten shilliiigs a week family allowance. On' the application form for Ihe benefit, one of tlie questions to be answered is the date of marriage, but an official of the Social Security Department said that unmarried mothers' seeking the benefit need orily reply "not married,. " What is necessary, of course, is ability to prove the birth aad continixed existehce of any ehild foT whom the benefit is elaimed. The'birth - cdrtificate itself is- hot demahded, / although the including of a copy_ with the
application would help. In its absctice, however, the departmcnt itsdf cliecks the birth Avilh the Registrar-General 's Oflice.
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Chronicle (Levin), 22 March 1946, Page 8
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125ELIGIBILITY FOR FAMILY ALLOWANCE Chronicle (Levin), 22 March 1946, Page 8
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