WIDOWS' PENSIONS.
TILE NEW SCHEME. By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Wed nesdwy. The Widows' Pensions Act, 1011, conies into operation on January 1 next. Application forms for the pension aire now obtainable on personal application to the various registrars of old age pensions throughout the Dominion. The qualifications aire that the applicant must he a British subject resident in New Zealand for six months preceding the date of application, and! she must have at least one child under 14 years dependent upon her, of whom she is the parent. The rates of pension are: One child, £l2 per annum; two, £18; three, £24 j more than three, £3O. These rates are subject to reduction on account of annual income, which does not include wages and other personal earnings less tlia.il £IOO, including the pension.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 150, 21 December 1911, Page 5
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133WIDOWS' PENSIONS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 150, 21 December 1911, Page 5
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