WIDOWS' PENSIONS.
FIEST SITTING OF THE COUET. Tho first sitting of the Court to hear applications for pensions under the Widows' Pensions Act was held yesterday by Dr. M'Arthur, S.M. There were fifteen applicants, but it is understood that this does not represent all who hayp i mado claims. Nine of the applicants were granted pensions, and six wero refused them. Five' of the refusals wcro on the ground of excessive income, and one bccauso the children wero born out of Now Zealand. A woman with one child gets a pension of .£l2, two children JEIS; three children «E24, and four children .£3O. Anyone whoso income does not exceed wBI3O per year is entitled to a full jension, but anything she receives above £130 is deducted from tho amount of tho pension. One of yesterday's applicants was a woman who earned £2 10s. weekly in rogular employment. This made tho .£l3O, and, as her children numbered two, sho gets a pension of .£lB, which brings her annual income up, to .£l4B.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1342, 20 January 1912, Page 4
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171WIDOWS' PENSIONS. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1342, 20 January 1912, Page 4
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