£1,350,000,000 SPENT
GREAT WAR PENSIONS FIGURES IN BRITAIN (Klee. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 9 a.m. RUGBY, Jan. 11. Twenty-one years after the end of the Great War the Pensions Ministry is still spending £38,000,000 each year. This figure was given by the Pensions Minister, Sir Walter Womersley, when speaking on the work of his department, and he added that in 25 years £1,350,000,000 had had been spent on pensions alone. Although 800 new cases were dealt with each year, the number of beneficiaries had now fallen to 850,000. Saying that it was impossible to speak too highly of this public-spirited action, Sir Walter Womersley disclosed that 46 pensioners had voluntarily relinquished their pensions as a contribution towards the expenses of the present war.
WOMEN’S TRANSPORT PRINCESS COMMANDANT (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 9 a.m. RUGBY, Jan. 11. The Queen has approved- of the appointment of Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, to be commandant-in-chief of the Women’s Transport Service.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20143, 12 January 1940, Page 4
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