4 AUGUST 1928, Page 3

On Tuesday in the House of Commons the Minister of

Pensions, Major Tryon, announced that the Government had decided to stabilize War pensions and treatment allowances at the 1919 rate. This means that there will be no change from the present rate. The fear of pensioners has been, of course, that the rate might be lowered in proportion to falls in the cost of living. Major Tryon explained that though the pensions and allowances would not fall, the possibility of raising them, if on a three years' average the cost of living rose above the 1919 level, would not be ruled out.

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