WAR PENSIONS COST MORE DURING YEAR IN THE COMMONWEALTH.
By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Aus. and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received December 16, 10.45 a.m.) CANBERRA, December 16. The report of the Repatriation Commission, tabled in the House of Representatives, shows that during the year ended June 30 last the cost of war pensions was greater than in any other year and that more ex-soldiers received medical treatment. The report states that during the year 13,323 new pensions were granted, including 9,392 to children. The number of pensions in force on June 30 was 259,821. representing an annual liability of £7.372,000. The number of patients undergoing treatment had increased by 50 per cent since 1922. The number of cases treated during the year totalled 26,180, compared with 22,742 in the previous year. Total payments during the j*ear amounted to £8,303,000.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18339, 16 December 1927, Page 6
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