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OLD-AGE PENSIONS

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OLD-AGE PENSIONS DEMAND FOR FORMS SouthWales Applications SCENES AT THE POST OFFICES The machinery of the Old-Age Pensions Act began to work yesterday, for, though no pen- sions will be paid until January 1. the first, issue of the application forms was made at the post-offices, and during the next three months a large staff of officials will be engaged in investigating the thousands of ciaiais sent in. We append a tabulatoe-d statement showing the number of claims made, as far as we have been informed, at the different South Wales poet-offioee Aberdare and District 265 Cardiff 140 Neath. 50 Pontypridd 40 Newport. 60 Swansea 57 Tenby 8 -LiMdyMUt. 40 Merthyr 21 Treherbert 15 Torndalo 10 I Pentre 3 Treorky 2 Forth 3 Cymmer 2 Ystrad 5 Tonypandy J Trealaw 5 Penygralg 9 Mardy 4 Tylorstown 4 Of the 60 applicants at Newport, not one wals a woman. In the Llandyesral district of Carmarthenshire poor relief is general among the aged poor, and, therefore, the fact that there were 40 applications was astonishing. At Neath an old man of 75 had been in receipt of 8e. per week from a kindly ex. employer, but this, of course, did not dis- qualify him. The claims will have to be in all oases investigated by the pension officers, who in due course will make their report to the pension committee. How to Claim. The persons eligible for pensions a.re:- All British subjects (paupers and ex- prisoners excepted) with a smaller income than L31 10B. a year, or 12s. Id. a week, who aj-e now 70 years of age, or will be on or before January 1 next. The scale of pensions is.— Weekly Income Pension. as. Id. (or under) 5s. 9b. Id. 1. 4s. 10s. Id. 38. lis. Id. M 2s. 12s. ld Is. Approved applicants will receive a "pension order" book, with the name and address on the cover. These orders will be signed each week by the old man or woman in whose favour they are drawn, and will be cached over the counter like a postal order. The exact number of forms issued yester- day oannot be known until the chief pension officer at the General Poet Office receives the official returns, but the figures must run into many thousands. INCIDENTS AT CARDIFF. I Extraordinary Career of an Aged Navvy There was not quite the rush for claim forms at Cardiff that might bave been expected, but, on the whole, a respectable number applied at the different post-offices nearest their homes. Uenerally speaking, the applicants were intelligent and very respect- able, and were able to give the post-office officials details in most oases as to paren tage, place of birth, &c. Included in their number were several women. Several of the appli- cants were over 60 years of age, but in most instancee the ages were returned as between 70 and 75. One of the earliest oallerg at the General Poet-office for his form remarked, in reply to the query by the official as to his age, "God only knows. I am over 80." One other applicant gave in his age 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 polioe- men. He had lived in the city all his life One old gentleman was in a peculiar pre- dicament. Hie 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 timt went on became a natvy 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 pensions committee, which will include the whole of I the city council, will be herd in the City-hall i on Tuesday next to appoint sub-committees and consider other business. On the rising of the peD8ioD8 committee on the same day 1 a special meeting of the city council will be held, when letters will be read from the Oar- diff and District Friendly Societies Council. the Independent Order of Oddfellows, and the Supervisor of Inland Revenue relating to old-age pensions. The meeting will aJso take into consideration the operation of the Act and the regulations of the Local Govern- ment Board, as well as the report of the town-clerk, and they will also fill any vacancies on the pensions committee. Post-Office Incidents At Kidderminster one pensioner gave hil" age as 93. Several men between 80 and 90 years applied at Smethwiek. 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 township for 71 years, and in that long period he had occupied only two houses. An amusing answer was given to a post- master at Stratford, when he was assisting an applicant, and asked the question from the form, "Have you lived in the United Kingdom for twenty years?" "No," boldly answered the applicant. "I have lived an DJI)" life in Stratford." In the Dunmow Union, whioh embraces 25 rural parishes in Essex, there are over 300 men and women entitled to the pension, and the greater part of these applied yesterday. One old lady fixed her age by stating that she was bom in the yeaa- the late Queen was crowned, and another produced an ancient family Bible to support her claim. At King's Lynn one old man called at the Post-office ae early as seven o'clock, and after an animated conversation with the clerk in charge was obliged to depart with the recom- mendation to call again, as the papers were not ready. Several of the applicants were over 90, and the majority were over 80 years of a-ge. Some were paralysed, and had to be carried into the post-office. Among the applicants at Kenni ngtont-road Post-omce was a veteran journalist, aged 81 years, living at Kenndngton, who boaete 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 itepubboan flag over the Hotel de Ville. Owing to a violent storm the tran&- mission of the news was delayed for several days. and Mr. Martin arrived by the first shiu which sailed from Calais to Dover, which he rea-ctoed OlD February 29, 1848.

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