The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-06-05
OLD ACE PENSIONS.

1t has often been the province of the Star point what being
done Anglo Saxon communities of the South There doubt
but that they peculiar people They live under peculiar climatic
conditions they have isolated
beoken their best minds have been drawn from curious
extraordinary beginnings undoubtedly e Australian New
Zealand colonies of Great Britain have produced which of
remarkable fiber and which has given forth OF who have
questions which United States tackle.
that these Southern AngoSaxon and Kes have actually solved many
problems which bother but they have taken the problems hand
and have done their best practical them They
fail they make mistakes but they work and they bust
ness When the Commonwealth OF Australia has decided has
done that it shall be white Australia all colored make
their minds that the Australians what they The Australian
has shown himself fighting animal and he means to back what he
by force Of arms necessary He nothing what other
branches of his may do
upon aggressive side Of the Southern Ke An
goSaxon that would ask world student look 1t rather
the economic and social development Questions which still in
the air the mere hy theories Missionaries the United States and
in Europe are met and in the process OF solution among these agrees
sive colons.
The last mail from the south of this prefer call
it, the Southern Ocean brings exhaustive consideration of the odd
pension subject Every European country has considered the mat
and outside Of Denmark has SHE'D Many the Union
have had their figuring the but neither wealthy
i md +b |I f W szaaand be met anJ solved +b es
ton In New Zealand of old pensioners the
March The pension allowance So week New Zealand
and week New South Wales and in both places the pensoner
allowed which will supplement pension
SIS week beyond that there reduction of the
MES In Australia the number of pensioners reported recently TO-
1t is natural that one Of the things connected with such system is
the protection the fraud During first months of the
working OF the many ahoat the abuse of the
claimed that persons possession of large property
disqualified by residence previous history present hab
its had been granted pensions Naturally those who supporting
the act and believed its working felt that confidence must be thor
Oughy inspired among the people, that the provisions properly
carried the plan would have be abandoned and the people
would refuse to themselves for the purpose
The Australian Commonwealth is free from tongued
than other the globe Complaints made in the
public press and pension board abuses The members OF the
Board properly hunted each down. the aid the police
which their disposal typical of cited in the
port Twelve persons district said be ineligible
Of possession OF means, drunkenness 1t found examna
ton that three pensioners four alleged dunkadS
perfectly habits, and those stated have
within the rules OF the act This typical set OF cases and shows
how carefully such act has to be guarded.
1t satisfactory these rising communities devOng their
only the obtaining material but
that the duty its citizens and providing for those
who unable work for themselves The essential idea these
is the absence of charity The old pension OF right
charity. much the civilians right pension the
right soldier sailor 1t the -respec of the which
preserved but which purely charitable institutions often wound
One refrain from honong communities which deal with such
questions in liberal and sensible