ADMINISTRATION OF PENSIONS

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23799, 19 November 1942, Page 4

ADMINISTRATION OF PENSIONS

BETTER SYSTEM TJBGEP BY R.S.A. (0.R.) TIMARU, November!!: A special meeting of the South 9? terbury executive of the Returnw vices’ Association was held to-W ?. Timaru to discuss delay* in tw IP": ing of pensions to former SMWJ! Evidence of actual case* pi W 9 ®! caused to returned soldiers ana am discharged from military camp«, ri cited, and members agreed that» time something was done.t® w y j better system for administration pension matters. . ■ „ „j| "Something is definitely yrtong the pensions system as it U *on tered to-day,” said the president C. H. Coxhead). . .y "We have been complaining, this question for months, and N * 3 G.t something was done,” said Walker. _ .. nal 4 On the motion of Mr CoxheaO, following resolution was earned “j mously:—"That the South Cantero branch of the Returned Service sociation urgently requests tnc ion headquarters of the Returned, % vices’ Association to demand Government an immediate WWj tion, covering the treatment M » ed men and discharged serylcem ■x It was also suggested that inne’j, ous allegations appearing time in the press are *uoStßntl»|J"L j whole procedure of admini*** 1 .Mjjj pensions, rehabilitation, WW> Jup affecting the welfare of vicemen should be i mmed tit**/ under the supervision of tn# **» Services’ Association.