SOLDIERS' BURSARIES.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume VI, Issue 1642, 20 May 1919, Page 8

SOLDIERS' BURSARIES.

j THE NUMBER GRANTED. Press Association. WELLINGTON, May 19. The Minister of Internal Affairs (Hon G. W. Eussell) in a statement on the working of the scheme of granting bursaries to returned soldiers, said that up to the present 193 applications had been received, and of these 51 had been granted the bursaries amounting to £2200 per annum. The maximum amount granted in any case was £SO per annum, but in many cases where the applicants were living at home or were earning an average income smaller amounts were allocated, the average amount working out at £43 per head. Many applicants were in receipt of war pensions, but in uo case had such pension been taken into consideration in arriving at the financial position. Regarding the 193 applications received to May 15, the position was as follows: Bursaries allotted, 51;, applications declined, 56; applications deferred, 23; applications withdrawn, 6; applications under action, 57.