WAR PENSIONS BOARD.
THE LATEST GRANTS,
(r-KESS ASSOCIATION* TELEGRAM.) ■WELLINGTON, March 10. Forty-nine applications from soldiers for Avar pensions were considered by the Pensions Board last week, and dealt with as follows: — Pensions .*. ... 18 Allowances ... 28 Refused ... ... 1 Adjourned ... ... 2 The pensions were a« follows:— Per annum. Two at ... ... £91 Two at ... . ... £78 Seven at ... ... £52 One "at ... ... £38 Sis at • ••• :• ••• £26 Three applications from dependents were dealt with. A mother had her pension increased from 10s weekly to 15s, and two children of a Maori soldier who was killed at' GallirjoH were granted pensions of £13 a year each. An /orphan child of another soldier was granted 7s a week.
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Press, Volume LII, Issue 15536, 11 March 1916, Page 10
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111WAR PENSIONS BOARD. Press, Volume LII, Issue 15536, 11 March 1916, Page 10
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