A PENSIONER'S LAPSE.

Colonist, Volume L, Issue 12152, 29 January 1908, Page 4

A PENSIONER'S LAPSE.

1 HEAVY PUNISHMENT. Auckland, January 27. t At a meeting of the Hospital and . Charitable Aid Board this afternoon Mr Coyle, referring to old age pen- . sions, cited the case of an old army veteran, 82 years of age, an inmate of the Costley Home, who because he had partaken of one glass of beei, ' and dozed off in a public place, had been deprived for five years £of his ! pension, which, practically meant a fine of £135 for this one slip. He was a man of unblemished character and only on this one occasion had he lapsed. There were other inmates of the Home who were fully entitled to the money, but for some '. reason could nnt get it. [ After discussion the quesion of pensions was referred to a committee.