WAR GRATUITY.
FINAL STAGES OF PAYMENT. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Friday. The final, stages of the payment of the war gratuity have now been entered upo/i, and it is expected that wjj.liin a very short time the work will have been completed. Up to Saturday, April 10th, 54,319 claims had been met, the amount involved being £4,966,14/. In addition, some 2000 payments have been made by the Staff-Paymaster, in London. The amount set aside by Parliament for gratuities was £5,513,000, and the indications at present are that the 'estimate will prove exact. Of the 56,000 odd gratuities paid up to the present, 5450 men have received amounts of £IOO and over, 15,059 have been paid sums varying from £75 to £IOO, and 29 076 have received payments ranging from £SO to £75. The balance have been credited at the Post Office Savings Bank or their own private banks with amounts less • than 5.50.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 46, Issue 14099, 17 April 1920, Page 5
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