SOLDIER’S PENSION.
A FALSE STATEMENT. FINE OF £5 IMPOSED. (Peb United Press Association.) INVERCARGILL, June 18. A returned soldier pleaded guilty to -making a false statement to the pensions officer regarding the money he possessed when applying for an economic pension. It was explained that a considerable part of the money was due to his mother for board. The pensions officer said that the defendant’s explanation was quite credited, and he did not press for a heavy penalty. The magistrate (Mr Cruickshank) said that it was only through the utmost . vigilance that the department saved the country a large expenditure owing to false declarations. He imposed a fine of £5,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19202, 19 June 1924, Page 7
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110SOLDIER’S PENSION. Otago Daily Times, Issue 19202, 19 June 1924, Page 7
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