DISCHARGED SOLDIERS' TREATMENT.
AN INDIGNANT I'.ROTKST.
h'OTOIMW, Novemlier 2'.\ A meeting - "T the liotorutt iirau.h of the K'l'tmniMl .^ol'licrs' Association was hold on Mi-unlay Hμ. (I real iuiligiiatiiin was cxjir'c-ssvl at m 'U'cision of thf (ioverninent that, after a /i-sui'p disciiargf , with full piMisioti, :.'ss of | it won hi lie retaiiic'l hy the Department to defray the exi'enses u'l liiiy fiiftlu-r treatment. It was resolved: ''Tliat the ntt<Mition of thi l executive be called to j 'ant;:f.'ij>li l;!0a. section i>, of tin , 'RftHTiied Soldiers' Handbook, wliieli lav.i ijowii tiiat single "01-ticrn who liave been discharged am! requiri , ftirlfiof treatment, and who liavc bren granted a pension of more than Ins n wu'ek. had to pay the surplus over that amount lor maintennnce. This meeting expresses its indignation ;<t the above, ami is dt' opinoit that the GovornineiiJ' has gone buck on its word. , '
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Northern Advocate, 1 December 1916, Page 4
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