NATIONAL HEALTH
GOVERNMENT'S PROPOSALS PROVISION FOR MINERS By Telegraph.—Press Association. WELLINGTON, This Day. The Government’s proposals for the establishment of a national health and superannuation service were submitted this morning to a Parliamentary committee for examination. The proposals have already been outlined by the Rt Hon M. J. Savage, but the intention in respect, to miners is amplified as follows: “That superannuation at the rate of 30s a week be paid to miners sufferign from miners’ phthisis, with a supplementary benefit of 10s for the wife and 10s for each dependent child up to the age of 16; to supercede the present miners’ pension of 25s a week. It is proposed that the necessary funds should be provided by: (a) A social security contribution of one shilling in the pound on wages and other income of all persons; (b) The continuance of the present registration fee of £1 per annum for males over twenty years of age; (c) A subsidy from the Consilidated Fund.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 April 1938, Page 7
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164NATIONAL HEALTH Wairarapa Times-Age, 5 April 1938, Page 7
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