NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 45, 17 October 1912, Page 5

NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND.

OFFICIAL LECTURER IN STRAT FORD.

Although ths provisions of the Notional Provident Fund, the latest scheme for the encouragement of thrift, introduced by the Government, ■is/designed for the good of the masses, I: .10 public of the Dominion has not f..lily realised the exact ai ns and ob ject's of the fund. To repair this neglect the Government lias appointed Mr J. J. O’Gorman, of the Postal Department, olHcial lecturer in connec lion with the fund. Mr ("Gorman's .tiuties consist in disseminating in tm j host manner possible the advantages of the scheme, and already his effort: nave neon very successful in other parts of the Dominion,where many contmnirors. to the fund have been obtained. Mr O’Gorman arrived in Stratford yesterday, and, in speaking to a reporter. stated that lie had made arrangements with a number of firms in Lae town to address their employees, jar whom the fund is especially an vautagoohs. During the week ue will address the employees at various fat-, rones and shops, during the lunchooi( hour, and will fully explain the ob jects of the scheme. Mr O’Gorman wall be prepared to enrol intending i-unrrihutors, and during the week h ivili be iu attendance at the It out Office counter between 7 and 8 o’clock each evening, to give any information required. Grimly. the fund makes provision for a payment not exceeding £6 iomedical attendance on the birth of a conr.ributor’s child or children, after contributing for twelve months; an allowance after three months’ incap unity to work, of 7s Gel per week for each child of a contributor under 14 rears or age, due after contributing for five vears; a nensinn at 1 lie ago of GO of* 10b. 20s ‘ 80s. and 10s. according to the scale of contribution (the payment of this pension will not affect any rights under the Old Age tensions Act); an allowance, on the death of the contributor, of 7s 6d pe • ■veek for each child under 14 rears of age; and 7s Gel For the widow as long as any child is under 14 years of age, due after contributing for five rear". The contributions range according to the age of tbs contributor when entering tiro i'und, from Od to Is lid. payable at nil .post and money order offices. A contributor who Paves the fund Is entitled to a refund of all contributions paid by him, and iro medical test is required on joining the fund. Probably no means better than i iiis. for assisting workers and men

of F.vnnil means, exists in anv country •.n vho world.