RAILWAY CONCESSIONS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 227, 25 September 1922, Page 3

RAILWAY CONCESSIONS.

GRANTED RETURNED SOLDIERS SOME AXOMAT.IES BEVEAL.ED. R.S.A. DISCUSSION". The concessions recently given to returned men for travelling; on the railway. 1 * were discussed at the meeting of t.ie District Committee of tlie Rotnmed SoMders' Association. The .privilege extended by the Government provides that the concession ' s abta.TiiaWe only by men drawing Ml pension and over half the- full pension. stipulations create some rather curious a.nomalies. An instance quoted wlas tlia* of a man -who 'had lost a leg •and is afeo a T.B. case receiving a temporary pension, which therefore disqualifies Tiim fro<m the railway confession, alt'houijffl bein-_- 80 per cent disablement he is entitled to a permanent pension. As -most men who are T.I?. cases are receiving only temporary pensions, t'hfry are debarred from participating in the concession. Other eases wy.ro also mentioned of men a.ffected by the condition imposed, primarily bec_»ti'ae their •pensions are subject to modification as the r-rwilt of periodical modica.l examination*. The committee felt that the regru.atione £overnin»cr ike issue o-f the concession were uinju-st in their application, becamse thtey deprived return-cd men -who we're entitled to the privilege. It was decided to taJce up the matter w*t*h headquarters with a. view to having the position remediied.