GRATUITY PAYMENT DELAYS
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WELLINGTON, Sept. li. In Parliament loduy, Mr. 11. f. M orton (Waiteniata.) gave notiee to ask the Mi$istjft«ot* Finance Klien all" graluitv paymeiits woiihLlTe eompleted._ He said ni anv exservicemen whose applieation forms were in nefore Mareli oi, were still waiting for adviee of their gratuitv eredit. llon.' F. dones, replying by leuve of Ihe Ilouse, said more thau 180,000 gratuitv acconnts had been dealt with but there were still about 2."), 000 applieations to be decided. If any cxserviccman in immediate need of his- gratuity, made applieatiun to that elleet, the matter would be treate.d as urgent and dealt with at once. Many eases, said the Minister, were dillieult ones as they related to more thau oue oi the serviees aiul to dill'erent theatres of war. ihe diflieulties of btise rei ords had been inereasod by the faet that when the man- ] lower controls w ere abolished, niany of the staff left. However, it was lioped to deal with the oustanding appliea tions by the cnd of this niontli or early iu Oetober.
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Chronicle (Levin), 18 September 1946, Page 5
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181GRATUITY PAYMENT DELAYS Chronicle (Levin), 18 September 1946, Page 5
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