Nurses not eligible for Benefits
Information as to the position of nursing sisters who have served with the Expeditionary forces, under the statutes which confer benefits upon returned discharged soldiers, was recently sought by the Auckland Returned Soldiers' Association from the Minister of Defence. Sir James Allen has replied, stating that he has been advised by the Crown law officers that as the law stands nursing sisters are not eligible for any of the benefits conferred by the Discharged Soldiers' Settlement Act and the Repatriation Act. The Attorney-General therefore has been asked to prepare a bill to make them eligible.
We are pleased to receive the above information. It has been an oversight that legal steps were not taken long ago to bring sisters under this legislation. Many sisters will be pleased to receive some aid m establishing themselves on return, and m learning some new branch of work. Upwards of 5 years of war work for some of the senior sisters has earned them the right to retire from the strenuous work of nursing. In Australia the nursing sisters do now receive the benefits.
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Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume XII, Issue 3, 1 July 1919, Page 127
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185Nurses not eligible for Benefits Kai Tiaki : the journal of the nurses of New Zealand, Volume XII, Issue 3, 1 July 1919, Page 127
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