SECOND DIVISION LEAGUE.

Taranaki Daily News, 23 May 1918, Page 5

SECOND DIVISION LEAGUE.

CONFERENCE IN WELL3NQTON,-■ v/i By Telegraph.—Press Association. ■» Wellington, May 22. ."J In welcoming delegates to the'lX-, minion Conference of the Second Dins' sion League Mr. Armstrong (president) said that many members were faced byl the question of responsibilities to the&j dependents. The league's objects wwf to ensure the welfare of the soldier ai(l his dependents and at the same tlmfj loyally assist the Government in carry> ing out the Dominion's part in the watyi He was quite satisfied that through efforts the Second Division nieri ha| gone into camp in a better spirit they would have under the conditions oi 1017. The league had thus assisted h'the matter of moral. :'j AMENDED SCALE OF ALLOWANCES WIPES MINIMUM INCOME. $ Wellington, Last Niflb.t,'f At the Second Division conference (&$ Wellington remit regarding the softie'Wf allowances was not altered, sevejfe amendments being rejected. Vm Later, a Featherston delegate -rjw introduced their remit regarding sepw* tion allowances, in this form:—S'hfti WT separation allowances be re-considerei tyf, the following basis:—A mother/ i{ wholly dependent, 30s; fuaTdian at m<joj therless children, 2(ls; each motb,eriej| child, ss; chronic invalid wife (extFP-)| 10s; chronic invalid child or other ,del pendent (extra), ss; invalid father of invalid brother or sister, if wholly d,Bt pendent, 20c; brothers and sisters age, "f wholly de-pendcnt, }s£ 6d. War, old ag* xt.ii widows' dviliaVi pensions to b« . ■ ve as cmceralßjb the above prov These pr->psiii were The following remit waa adopt»dt«*i; That the Government be asked io diro|| the Financial Assistance Board to adpw as a principle tho establishment cff\E m'.nimiim net income for a wife on!v.gi. £5 2s per v-cck (child .-ens' c!i-v\vatl«, extra], clear of reeiirr n« nMipatlofil covered by the financial c-'i-f>".cc>,TO gulations, _ 'J