SECOND DIVISION CONFERENCE.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 July 1917, Page 4

SECOND DIVISION CONFERENCE.

PAY AND PENSIONS. ■ By Telegraph.—Press AMOelftttOft "V Wellington,, July Ift The conference of the Second Divisioa League to-day received the: report of a special committee on the subject of pay and pensions. It recommended 5s per day qs fttf th) First Division, and a separation allowance of 5s per day to the or sole dependent, and Is 6d per day' for each child, and to a motherless child 2s 6d per day. Extra allowances to a wife who is a chronic invalid lifis a w««fy extra to a chronic invalid child Si; Pensions to a widow ; Wtih; fljijlr dren £2 10s 6d, without children or the sole dependent £2 5s 6d, to! a child 10s 6d a week, to a motherless child 17* 3d a week; extra allowance Co k wife-wfio. is a chronic invalid 10a, to a child chronic invalid ss; totally disable* poldiety sin, gle or married, £2 a weety all ranks, wife or sole dependent £l, tj be increased to £2 lfls 8d on the death of fte soldier in the case of a widow with eHfc: dren or to £2 5s Bd a week if without children, eaeh child 104 W pM 1 #4efc motherless children 17s 6d,) chronic invalid wife 10a extra, chronic invalid child 5s extra. Age limit of benefits to children: Males 17, females 20; , "Wellington, Last Night. . The Second Division Conference decided that the Separation allowance should be 6s per day. Other clauses /of the committee's recommendations soldiers' pay were adopted. Tjie tonnalt? tee's recommendations pensions were adopted* eweptj? that the amount for a widow with Children was increased to £3 3s, and a wi(;jiout children or the sole dependent to £j3 12s fld, both being- in conformity wftfl the increased separation allowance. . ; Regarding the pensions of? totally dis* abled soldiers, the committee reconv mended the conference to adflpt thp British scheme, with 50 per cent, increase of the amount. It was pointed out that under this scheme it was possible foj a widow to get a bigger pension tbnjj: a woman with a disabled husband to keep. .' The conference deferred the adoption 1 of the report for the committee's rtiport on that aspect. ;