WAR RELIEF
“Still unsatisfactory,” was the verdict of the Wellington War Relief Association upon the decision regarding separation allowances for widowed mothers.
The Advisory Board of the Patriotic War Relief Societies’ Federation conveyed the Minister’s decision that separation allowances should be given to widowed mothers having capital up to £250, or an income of 7/ a week. The condition that a son without a wife must provide an allotment for his widowed mother would have to be adhered to.
Members of the Association suggested that this provided only a measure of relief, since a woman with £260 capital or 8/ a week recaived nothing, even though her son might have been living with and supporting her. “ The Government,” Bays Mr Ferguson, “ practically says that 7/ a week ia sufficient.” It was decided to write to the Advisory Board stating that the Association was still of opinion that the position was unsatisfactory, and urging them fo press the Government again to make greater provision for mothers of men who have gone to the front.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HOG19170118.2.19
Bibliographic details
Hokitika Guardian, 18 January 1917, Page 3
Word Count
173WAR RELIEF Hokitika Guardian, 18 January 1917, Page 3
Using This Item
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hokitika Guardian. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in