SOLDIERS' PENSIONS
"NOT A LIVING WAGE." ALL-ROUND INCREASE ADVOCATED. '•The greatest problem the country will have to xacklo in the future ia that of an increased pension rate," said Dr. B. Boxer, in delivering his presidential address to the annual" conference of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association yesterday. "If wo can push that thing through—and I hope you will push for all you aro worth—we will do an incalculably good thing for tho pensioners.. I am convinced that £2 is not_ a living wage, is not a moderate pension, and does not fill i>hn bill." Tho general indications he had poFsonarly received from members of JParliamont were to the effect that thev recognised that £2 was not enough for a totally incapacitated man to live on. He believed that tho country would be behind their demands and that Parliament would be forced by public opinion to make such monetary provision that it would be possible' to increase pensions on an all-round basis. He hoped that such a demand would g* through with no uncertain voice, i
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19200601.2.26
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10604, 1 June 1920, Page 4
Word count
Tapeke kupu
177SOLDIERS' PENSIONS New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10604, 1 June 1920, Page 4
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Times. 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 Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in