RETURNED SOLDIERS' PENSIONS
DEPUTATION TO PRIME MINISTER
(FBBSS iSSOCIiTIOB TILI9EAM.I WELLINGTON. : September 12. A deputation from the New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association waited on the Prime Minister (the Rt Hon. ,G. W. Forbes) to-day about pensions. , The proceedings were private. The deputation urged the Prime Minister to make provision for "burnt out" returned soldiers, and also asked that anomalies in pensions for soldiers' widows be removed. It also asked that consideration be. given to former Imperial soldiers who had not made application for a pension within the required time, and who we're now ineligible for a New Zealand pension. The Prime Minister gave the deputation's requests a sympathetic hearing.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19350913.2.49
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21577, 13 September 1935, Page 10
Word Count
109RETURNED SOLDIERS' PENSIONS Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21577, 13 September 1935, Page 10
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in