SOCIAL SECURITY

Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 July 1938, Page 4

SOCIAL SECURITY

ANGLICAN SYNOD APPOINTS COMMITTEE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. “They have made up their minds to tax everyone and representations by existing pensioners and so on will be brushed aside,” said Mr C. P. Brown at yesterday afternoon’s session of the Wellington Diocesan Synod when sponsoring a motion referring to the possible effect of the Government’s social security proposals on the diocesan pension fund. The motion, which was carried, instructed the special committee set up to watch the interests of the clergy to report to the standing committee upon the effect of the Government’s proposals on the pension fund so that the Pension Fund Act could be modified if necessary. “I feel that the Government scheme will go on and that if any . relief from double payment is necessary that concession will have to be made in our own pensions scheme,” said Mr Brown. Archdeacon W. Bullock said that the special committee set up by the synod had no intention of waiting on the Government but was merely to watch the interests of the clergy. The Bishop of Wellington, the Rt Rev H. St Barbe Holland, said he had a copy of a letter sent by the secretary of the Province of New Zealand on behalf of the Archbishop of New Zealand to the Minister of Finance inquiring What effect the Government’s scheme would have on the clergy’s pensions schemes and also a copy of the Minister’s reply. “We already have a certain amount of knowledge of what the Government’s mind is on the matter,” said the bishop, “but I do not propose to divulge that at the moment.” At a later stage in ’the session the action of the standing committee in setting up a committee to watch the interests of the clergy in connection with the Government’s social security proposals was approved. The personnel of the committee is as follows: — Archdeacon W. Bullock and. Messrs W. E. Arnold and E. F. Hadfield.