Mr. Jennings is asking the Minister in charge of the Pensions Department, whether lie- will submit to Cobinet the advisability of either increasing the old-age-pension payment, or, as an.alternative, a110w..-those capable of druiig liglit work, and who have,, teen doins< ,so, tr> earn a few pounds; ,>viihQ.ut r .dc-,, Auctions being, made from, the poymeris they had been receiving J)c adds that owing to scarcity of labor qcqasunnad by the war. some old-age .pensioncis. were employed in light , occupations, 'jis the (| cost of living.' affected them as well as" other people. For earning money Jhev have been penalised by the stoppage, of some of their Thi* -peiir, alty has not been applied to' sviperan- ' nnafed public servants, who, to tbeir credit, also took off their coats in the emergency. ..>..-' ~.' [■'
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Taranaki Daily News, 30 November 1918, Page 4
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