SOLDIERS' PENSIONS
At the meeting of the War Pensions Board yesterday afternoon, thirty-one cases were considered, including ten disabled soldiers who returned to New Zealand, and twenty-one dependents of deceased and missing (wives and sisters). Of the ten returned soldiers, two were granted £1 , a week for life, one 30s per week, and one 15s per week, subject to review at a given period. Five applications were adjourned for a special medical report, and one was declined. Of the twenty-one dependents- (including six wives with children), one was granted £208 per annum, one £143 per annum, one £122 per annum, one £119 per annum, one £91 per annum, and one £86 per annum. Eight parents were granted £26 per aanum, three ap-, plications were postponed for further information, and four declined. The total moneys granted to all dependents and applicants amounted to £1198 per annum.
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Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 83, 6 October 1915, Page 2
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145SOLDIERS' PENSIONS Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 83, 6 October 1915, Page 2
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