Soldier Settlers
Sir, —I am glad to see that other soldier settlers have taken the trouble to write aud express their views. One states that if a man has a “bit of a pension” the department expects all the more money from him. That is true. 1 know of a ease where the department deliberately asked a settler to state the amount of his pension, obviously with the idea of securing it if possible. Now, can even Mr. Burnett justify such a proceeding? Does the Lands Department not know that a pension is granted because a man is suffering from a disability caused by war injuries and is therefore, in the opinion of the Pensions Board, less tit to earn his living than if he had not been wounded? The department and the Land Board completely ignore this aspect of the case and regard the whole question as one of finance only, whereas it is often much more a question of health.—l am, etc., arMentiere. Palmerston North, October 27.
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 32, 1 November 1933, Page 11
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