OLD SOLDIERS' CLAIMS.
INTENTIONS OF TITE GOVERNMENT.
(From Okr Owx Crmnr.srosnr.NT.) ! WELLINGTON, Octobor 12. A brief statement regarding the provision whirl) tlio Government intends to make this session for the recognition of services rendered to the Dominion by (he war veterans was nudft by tl\n f'rimb Milliliter in the House cif Representatives this aftcrnonn. Mr Ltiko asked wk-lhir legislation would lie ennoted this seAsion to deal with the matter. Sir ,Joseph Wsnd replied that iu the. ordinary rourw all the petitions would conic before Cabinet, and they would lie carefully considered with a view lo making provision on llm S\i|t|>len\enUry list inra ire. The CVovornment proposed to ileal with those petition;; npoir whieh magisterial reports had been obtained, Iwit- be ronld not- say whether the Onveniment would go beyond those petitions.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 15273, 13 October 1911, Page 3
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