GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 169, 8 July 1908, Page 4

GENERAL TELEGRAMS.

VAOAKIES OF OLU-AL'E PENSIONS ACT. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, Last Night. "It Secins to be an extraordinary _ state of things that a man's destitute wife should be debarred of her old age pension because her husband happens to possess a few shillings a week byway of income," remarked Mr. Kettle this morning in tile course of a. Maintenance case, in which the husband stated that he had an income of ISs (id a week, and the wife who had not lived with him for 20 years, explained that because of this they had taken away her old age pension. "There is nothing .odd about, that." said ilr. I.undon, who then went on to receipt of mi old age pension sold the insurance policy on his wile's life, most, of which lie used to nurse her, and t.lie last of it, excepting ,CS odd. to bury her. Ve(. his pension was stopped fo'r twelve months, and he was left to starve because he. had been in receipt of so much income. The twelve months were not yet up, and meanwhile tine pensioner was being mainla' through charity. APPEAL COURT. Welliiiglon, Last Night. I he, Ap|jca.l Court was engaged today mi the ease, the King v. Walter •Stewart. Prisoner was tried at Wellington on ,i charge „f forginj; a signature to a receipt fur monev. 'The i urv found hi,,, guilty, |„,t ,lid not consider it was done, with criminal intent. The question was whether this 'was, really "■ verdict of guilty. Judgment was reserved.