BRITISH SEPARATION ALLOWANCES

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3042, 31 March 1917, Page 12

BRITISH SEPARATION ALLOWANCES

► : INCREASED RATES FOR CHILDREN THE HIGH COST OF LIVING : ' It was officially announced that, in view of the provailinghigh prices .of tho r of .life,, it. had. baen decidod '■ ltd make'certain increases fin-, the* rates' of tho British sop?.r& ! iou ailoynince payrablo for tho chi!-;U'eri ■• of- sailors, and soldiers.. For th? lowest,ranks in the Navy and Army (seaman, and private), .the additions- to .esisting . allowances j- |will'bo:'—■ v '•■ ■-'''''-;•' t ;, Where there is a wire drawing separ- . -atiori allowance,' 2a! a week for • > the. i first child. Is: 6d;-e'sch!'or the second 5 |and. third,, and-,15...f0r. fbuTth'and [ each Kiiccoeding;childr. ~ ; Increased allowances will : also bo '.. given to'tlib children of sailors and solj' diers of Jiighor'' rank;, where the total to', tho family, "esclusivo of the. man's'' contributions,. ivould; otherwise i.be;! less than that,. do. the family . ;of A-.man of tho lowest, rank: on. tho new scale. V ( -\, For children of sailors,'and; soldiers! ;of, all ranks entitled to the motherless ; rato.of allowances-the .'addition "will bo: .; For any child living singly 2«.; and . iwhere-two, or more children oft tho same r .family lii'b together >25.-to tho .first [ |and-15..,i0. each other-child. : '.. _ . ; Tho increasos will bo. granted' uiwn- ! iup to age fourteen. Beyond that ago . Allowances /will continue.to ho made, at ' 'tho- present rates and under present conditions, With these additions _ the rates of sailors and soldiers .respectively. . where all the children aroj under foill;-. . t.cen.will.bo'as follows:.. ; : ;. ,' i-.".": ■' '■ :• ■' •- '■''■!. -.-■ Navy. ; . .■;'■

" and- so on, with;'3s. for each additional "..bMId,". „ .' ; . . '......"■••. (The above-figure's include allotments of : '..':'"'!/::■ " P aT ') "'"' ' : ■'. ■' •; The. new. rates .i-ill, take: effect from the first pay day- after the .date of the , decision ofthe Government; that is: ' 'I For the Navy .;.'Thursday, Jau : . 18 :; For' the; Army....'.Monday,;Jan. 15." I Some little time will necessarily be occupied,in effecting the; rq-sissessment :• and issue of the allowances'for the very ,"' largeMiuhiber;of.cliildrerc>coheomed,;and< , meanwhile payment will continue to ho made at present rates; but payment of.. • the extra allowances, including, arrears,'from *ho above dates,-willi bogih. shortly. 'No application-is necessary! .'■; : . '.Where the wife of.;.a.sailor;or a.sol-. : dior-without children, is..unable" from ■ ill-health or ether cause to. supplement her-;:separation allowance -.by her;.,cam-, ,' ings,' and ; hcr income is insufficient .to meet' the" increased cost; of - living,, her ; 'case will - be .considered by War Pensions Committee, of tbeStatUT. ; tory-Committee.: Claims for, increased. '.' allowances, to dependants of sailor's and soldiers on the ground of increased cost of living will be similarly considered.

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