RAILWAY APPEAL BOARD.
TIMARU, April 26. The Railway Appeal Board sat here-to-day to hear the appeal of J. T. Fowler, a porter who was discharged as medically •unfit and refused the pension of £4 a year provided by the Superannuation Act, he having been a contributor to the fund. The department took the stand that Fowler was a probationer, and entitled only to a refund of the oontriSutions. According to the evidence, he was in good health when he joined the service. Mr T. C. Watson, for the appellant, contended that he was not a probationer, and that, being able to do light work, his retirement was not justified, but, being retired, he was entitled to the pension. Mr Haselden this was the first case of the kind he' had heard, the point interesting, and the board would reserve decision* . . .
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Otago Witness, Issue 2981, 3 May 1911, Page 3
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140RAILWAY APPEAL BOARD. Otago Witness, Issue 2981, 3 May 1911, Page 3
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