DUCTION OF PENSIONS
[EYOND COUNTRY'S MEANS Wellington, Friday. In Groat Britain the amount re'ed for payment of pensions is ;d armually by the Legislature, we think that the system in New land should be similar. This would ire that the growing burden of sions expenditure is subjected to lianientary review each year," ss the report of the Eeonomy wiission. We have definitely arrived at the dusion that the Dominion can no :er afford over £3,000,000 per an1 for pensions. family allowances should be terated, as this is a form of pension > in. our opinion, cannot be justiealing with pensions generally the n't recommends reductions all id, except in the case of war pens, which stand in a class apart. It lowever, suggested that disabled iers' economic pensions should aduced by one half in 1932-33 and ished next year. The payment of de pensions should be discontinand epidemic pensions . paid in lection with the 1918 influenza emic should be abolished.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 171, 12 March 1932, Page 5
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