As widows of soldiers who have lost their lives in the present war will lose their pensions in the event of their marrying again, a oorresx-'onclont of a Sydney paperf suggests the advisability of the Federal Go. vernment inserting a clause in the Act allowing such widows to retain their pensions if they marry a man who has served in the forces of the Empire. Ho urges that there w'ould be a strong bond of sympathy between such a couple, and that the pension would act as a partial recompense for the ex-soldier’s services to his country.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3216, 3 November 1915, Page 57
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