CHARITABLE AID

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 25, 24 October 1919, Page 2

CHARITABLE AID

'A, TABULATED COMPARISON. Tho following is a comparison for I lie month of September for the past throe venrs m respect of charitable aid ;- Outdoor. ~ 1913- WW. 1917. Number,of rases 101) 5o (>5 Daily average number of. persons ■ in receipt of relief ... 380 190 10l Ratio'.s granted 10S2 540 041! Cash Grants £M M 5 £41 Maintenance of ehild-j-pn <£e5 iX22 £'11 Indoor. Daily averago nuin- . lier ,ol persons re- ' . ' 'ociving relief, 100 93 110 In ■-•Having, tho adoption of the report of the Clihritablo Aid Committee (which included the above information), 'Mr, G. Potherick said that since the reduction had been made in the grants to epi-. domic widows a good deal of real hardship -held occurred. They had inquired closely into such cases and knew them to. 1)0 genuine. Such people were now coming upon tho Charitable Aid .Coinmitleo and wcro being helped in kini not in ojwh. ' He would liko to see Parliament increase all widows' pensions lieforo tho session rnded. Mr. On. Chuvnian said there was no such tiling in existence as. a widow's pension outsldo the old-age pension 'ind the military pension. The term widow's ponsion mas an unfortunate misnomer there was no widow's pansion on ) Statute 'Book. What was called ■',' .widow's pension was-nn orphan's pens" —for, the children of.widows., .'.•<;. Tho motion was passed.