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OLD-AGE PENSIONS

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OLD-AGE PENSIONS DEMAND FOR FORMS South Wales Applications SCENES AT THE POST OFFICES The machinery of the Old-Age Pensions Act began to work yesterday, for, though no penr sions will I)e paid until January 1, the first Issue of the application forms was made at he postrofftoes, and during the next three months a large staff of officials will be mgaged in investigating the thousands of tla-ims sent in. We append a tabulated statement showing ihe number of claims made, as far as we ta,ve boo" informed, at t.be diffexent South ft'a.l <%4 nost-offieefi kberdart and District 265 ?rtH<T 140 Neath 60 rontypri<M 40 Newport. 60 57 'Ten by 8 LlandY5ul 40 Merthyr 21 Treherbert 16 Fer,6-dale 10 Pentre TreorkY 2 ponh 3 Cymmer 2 yltrad S Tonvpandy 8 Trealaw 5 Penygraif 9 Mardy 4 Tylorntown 4 Of the 60 ap-plioants at Newport, not one was a woman. Ln the IAandyesul district of Carmarthenshire poor relief is general among the aged poor, and, therefore, the fact that there were 40 applio&taous was astoll-isbing. At Neath an old man of 75 had been in receipt of 8b. per week from a kindly ex- employer, but this, of oourae, did not die- qualify him. The claime will have to be in all cases investigated by the pension officers, who in due course will make their report to the pension committee. How to Claim I The persons eligwie ior peroeione are:- All British subjects (paupem and ex- prisoners excepted) with a smaller income than Rzl los. a year, or 12s. Id. a week, who are now 70 years of age, or will be on or before January 1 next. The scale of penoions is:- Weekly income i-ension. 8s. Id. (or under) 58. 9s. Id. 49. 10s. Id. 3b. Us. 1d. 2s. 12s. 1d. Is. Approved applicants will receive a "pension t>rder" book, with the name and address on he cover. Theee orders will be signed each oveck by the old man. or woman- in whose iavour they are drawn, and will be cashed I-ver the counter like a postal order. The exact number of forms issued yester- Jay cannot be known nmtil the ohief pension >Mcer at the General Poet Office receives the )flicial returns, but the ftgaree mart run into nany thousands. INCIDENTS AT CARDIFF I Extraordinary Career Of an Aged Navvy I There was not quite the rush for claim forms at Cardiff tha-t migtot have been expected, but, on the whole, a respectable number applied at the different post-offices nearest their homes. Generally speaking, the applicants were intelligent and very respect- able. and were able to give the post-office officials details in moet oases as to parentage, place of birth, Ac. Included in their number "were several women. Several of the appli- cants were over 80 yew/re of age, but in most instances the ages were returned as between 70 and 75. One of the earliest calleire ait the General Post-office for his farm remarked, in reply to the query by the official as to hie age, "God only knows. I am over 80." One other applicant gave in his a«e as 64, and when reminded that he was hardly old enough for a pension, seeing that the age-limit was 70. he stated that he would be 70 next month. Another applicant was old enough to remember the time when there was only one postman in Cardiff and three polioo- tnen. He had lived in the city all his life One old gentleman was in a peculiar pre. dicament. His parents died when he was very young, and he does not know his father's name, nor the exact place of his birth. He was brought up amongst navvies engaged in public works in various districts, passed on from one to another, and as tinH went 6n became a navvy himself, and only knows that he is called John Jones, but whether that is his real name he is not Quite certain. A special meeting of the Cardiff peneionB committee, which will include the whole of the oity council, will be held in the City-hall On Tuesday next to appoint eub-oommitteee and oonsider other business. On the rising of the pensions committee on the same day a special meeting of the city council will be held, when letters will be read from the Car- diff and District Friendly Societies Council, the Indcpenden-t Order of Oddfellows, and the Supervisor of Inland Revenue rela-ting to old-age pensions. The meeting will aieo take into consideration the operation of the Aot and the regulations of the Looal Govern- anent Board, as well as the report of the town-clerk, and they will aleo fill any vacancies on the pensions oommititee. Post-Offioe Incidents I At Kidderminster one pensioner gave bilf! Qge as 93. Sex-oral men between 80 and 90 Years applied at Smerthwick. At Aberdare, where there are 753 resident* over 70 years of age, there were 120 appli- cants. At Mountain Ash, where 286 people are eligible, 50 forms were supplied. About 200 applied at Leeds. One applicant stated he had resided in one district of the town-ship for 71 years, and in that long 'Period he had occupied only two houses. An amusing answer was gi-ven to a post- natter a.t Stratford, when. he was assisting a.n appldcamt, and asked the question from the form, "Have you lived in the United Kingdom for twenty yea,rs?" "No," boldly answered the applicant. "I have lived aJl IInIY life in Stratford." In the Dun mow Union, which embraces 25 rural parishes in Essex, there are over 300 Hon ajid women entitled to the pension, and the greater part of these applied yesterday. One old lady fixed her age by stating that she was born in the yeair the late Queen was crowned, and another prodruced ':I.11 ancient family Bible to support her claim. At King's Lynn one old man called at the Post-office as early aa seven o'clock, and after an ailimated conversation with the olerk in was obliged to depart with the recom- mendation to call again, as the papers were- not ready. Several of the applicants werf over 90, and the majority were over 80 years of age. Some were paralysed, and had to be carried into the poet-office. Among the applicants M. Kenndngton-rcad Post-office was a veteran journalist, asred 81 Years, living at Kennington, who boasts of the distinction of being the first man who brought to England the news of the flight of Louis Philippe from Paris, and the hoisting of the Reiputolioaai flag1 over the Hiotel de ^ille. Owing to a violent storm the trane- oilstrion of the news was delayed for several days, and Mr. Martin arrived by the first ship which sailed from Calais to Dover, W'htoh he reached on February 29. 1848.

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