PLEASANT SURPRISE
CREW OF HOLMWOOD
DETENTION ALLOWANCES
(By leieirraph !'•»-« ■Vssctciatiort
AUCKLAND, January 13. Among the most welcome visitors on board the Mariposa today, at least as far as the members of the crew of the Holmwood were concerned, were representatives of the War Pensions Department well supplied with money. Acting under the provisions of the War Pensions and Allowances (Mercantile Marine) Act, 1940, which was invoked for the first time, they handed over accumulated- allowances to the men, adding substantially to the joy of their homecoming.
The Holm wood was the first ship on New Zealand articles to fall victim to a raider and the members of her crew, a total of 17 men, thus became eligible for benefits under the Act, which provides for the payment of pensions in the event of death, disablement, or detention by the enemy. Officially presuming that the ship's personnel were detained on board the raider the Government had already instructed that detention allowances should be paid to the wives and other dependants of the crew. Part of the allowance had been withheld, however, for payment to the men them selves on their return.
Arrangements were also made to provide a further period pending the men being re-engaged in suitable employment.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 11, 14 January 1941, Page 6
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207PLEASANT SURPRISE Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 11, 14 January 1941, Page 6
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