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"REPORTS. No. 9/31 (Sess. 2).—Petition of Arthur E. Bartlett, of Papatoetoe, Auckland. Praying for payment of pension granted on account of disability caused through wounds received in the war to be made retrospective. I am directed to report that the Committee has no recommendation to make. 18th August, 1931.

No. 15/31 (Sess. I).—Petition of Mary Helen Houghton, of Balmain, Sydney, Australia. Praying for separation and children's allowances with retrospective pension as wife of soldier who served with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. I am directed to report that the Committee recommends that the petition be referred to the Government for favourable consideration. 18th August, 1931.

No. 12/31 (Sess. 2).—Petition of William Milroy, of Wellington. Praying that petitioner be granted forty-three days' accrued leave in addition to leave granted on retirement. I am directed to report that the Committee has no recommendation to make. 18th August, 1931.

No. 13/31 (Sess. I).—Petition of M. Ē. Wooding, of Auckland. Praying for assistance on account of disability to earn a livelihood owing to war services. I am directed to report that the Committee has no recommendation to make. 18th August, 1931.

No. 1/31 (Sess. I).—Petition of William John Morgan, of Auckland. Praying for relief in respect of disability owing to accident sustained by being shot while carrying out his duties as Range Warden on the Penrose Range in 1905. I am directed to report that the Committee recommends that the petition be referred to the Government for most favourable consideration. 20th August, 1931.

No. 18/31 (Sess. 2). —Petition of Elsie Adeline Mary Mattocks, of Auckland. Praying that a war widow's pension be granted to petitioner and her two children, or that the case be referred back to the Appeal Board for reconsideration. I am directed to report that in the opinion of the Committee the petition should be referred to the Government for favourable consideration with a recommendation that a certificate as to the cause of death of the petitioner's husband should be obtained from Dr. Casement Aickin. 20th August, 1931.

No. 169/30. —Petition of Frederick Cameron, of Auckland. Praying for relief in respect of disability caused through illness contracted during the South African campaign. I am directed to report that the Committee has no recommendation to make. 2nd September, 1931.

No. 38/31 (Sess. 2).—Petition of Alan L. McAllum, of New Plymouth. Praying that he be granted a pension in respect of his wife and two children. I am directed to report that the Committee recommends that the petition be referred to the Government for favourable consideration, and that the subject-matter of this petition be taken into account when the War Pensions Act is under review. 2nd September, 1931.

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