SOLDIERS' PENSIONS.
THE PROPOSE® COMMISSION
Wellington. March 27
Speaking at the unveiling of a memorial board of honour to members of the Pensions Department who enlisted and those who made the supreme sacrifice. the Hon. Sir Heaton Rhodes spoke of the administration of the pensions legislation. While it was difficult to satisfy everyone, the Government had done its best to administer the Pensions Acts not only justly but sympathetically. It had attempted to meet the wishes of the Returned Soldiers’ Association when that body requested the setting up of an appeal board, but it now appeared that the board was not giving general satisfaction. When the Prime Minister returned from England a deputation waited upon him and requested him to appoint a commission to inquire into the general working of the pensions scheme and the scale of pensions, and Mr. Massey promised to give the matter sympathetic consideration. On the suggestion of Mr. Massey it had been decided to set up a commission, and he (Sir Heaton) was now in consultation with the officers of his Department as to tho form the commission should take.
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XII, Issue 92, 28 March 1922, Page 5
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