BRITISH ARMY PENSIONS.
COMMITTEE'S INQUIRY. A. and N.Z. LONDON, April 18. Sir. T. J. MacNamara, Liberal member of the House of Commons for Camber well, giving evidence before the committee inquiring into ex-ranker officers' pensions, said he knew of a lieutenant-colonel who was now a barman, a major who was a blacksmith's striker, a captain now a domestic servant, and many others who were casual labourers at the docks. One battalion commander with seven medals and eleven clasps, who was seven times wounded, the witness stated, is receiving 2s 8d a day pension.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18689, 21 April 1924, Page 7
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