§ Captain WEDGWOOD BENNasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Shipping Controller whether, under the fund to help unemployed shipmasters and officers, the applicant must show not only that he is without means but also that he has a certain number of dependants before he can receive any benefit; and whether the original proposal was meant to be not of a charitable nature but a recognition of debt for the valuable services rendered by these men?
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§ Colonel L. WILSONAn applicant is not deemed ineligible for relief because he has no dependants. The fund was set op to render assistance to those ship masters and officers who otherwise would suffer actual want through unemployment which was due to causes arising out of the War.