FRIENDLY SOCIETIES' ASSOCIATION.
By Telegraph—Press Association. WELLINGTON, Angus* 27. The Premier, "to-night, received a deputation from the central executive of the New Zealand Friendly Societies' Association, !?wbich placed before him some of jthe resolutions dealt with at the reoent conference held in Wellington. Sir Joseph Ward, m reply, said that it was intendfld to appoint a head of Friendly Societies at an early date, and to make the department an independent one. Th» existing system had probably been too slow, and it required galvanising into life. He hoped to plaoe the department in touch with tha colonial executive. If there was anything unfair about the old Kge pension pnymonta to members of societies in receipt of sick pay it would be looked iuto. The pensions scheme was not meant *o be administered In any narrow spirit. Whore a mau bad been contributing to a friendly society, and placed himself beyond need of charitable support, that ouszbt not, to be mixed up with a broader and greater scheme of old age pensions, lie thought it would be a good thing if there was some system of arbitration between societies and the Medical Association.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8222, 28 August 1906, Page 5
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192FRIENDLY SOCIETIES' ASSOCIATION. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXIX, Issue 8222, 28 August 1906, Page 5
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