SOLDIERS’ PENSIONS
15-YEAR-OLD ANOMALIES EXISTING IN SYSTEM ■ Commenting on the message receiv- > ed from Wellington on Saturday stat* ing that there was a possibility of steps being taken to remove some of the anomalies in returned soldiers pensions, the secretary of the Christchurch Returned Soldiers’ Association (Mr. E. F. Willcox) said that some anomalies had existed in the system for 14 or 15 years, and continual efforts had been made to have them remedied. Criticism of the present pension system was aimed chiefly at the three following provisions, said Mr Willcox: (1) A soldier’s widow is not eligible for a pension unless there was a preenlistment engagement to marry, and unless the marriage was within two years of the date of his discharge; (2) a marriage outside New Zealand after a soldier’s discharge is not recognised by the Pensions Department; (3) if a returned soldier marries while in receipt of a full pension his wife is not eligible for a pension. “We are hoping that these anomalies will be removed, and that there
will be a reasonable time limit : marriages after discharge, say, sen years,’ 'said Mr. Willcox.
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXX, Issue 162, 18 July 1935, Page 3
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