RETURNED SOLDIERS’ AFFAIRS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 10 April 1922, Page 5

RETURNED SOLDIERS’ AFFAIRS

(United Press Association)

WELLINGTON, This Day. The fact that the Wav Pensions Appeal Board will cease to receive aplicatidns for appeal after the 15th May, formed the subject of a discussion at a recent meeting of the executive standfrig sub-committee of the Returned Soldiers’ Association. Eventually it was resolved : “That since the present Wav Pensions Appeal Board has never fulfilled the object which the Association had in view iu asking for the setting up of a War Pensions Appeal Board, no action bo taken other than to press tor the setting up of an appeal board to consider war pension appejfc or. general grounds 1 (including medical). .Recently the Minister in Charge of Repatriation advised the Association that applications for advances to soldiers under the Repatriation Act would not' be received after 30th June. The Asociatipn is endeavouring to have this date extended for a further twelve mouths, but without success. While urging all in- * tending applicants to lodge their applications with the Repatriation Depart- ‘ input at the earliest opportunity it wishes it to be known that all men in hospital undergoing treatment for war injuries on the 30th June, will be able to rpply for advances under the Repatriation Act of 10.18, at the earliest favourable opportunity. after their discharge from the institution.