MILITARY PENSIONS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1644, 10 January 1913, Page 5

MILITARY PENSIONS.

THREE HUNDRED GRANTED. 'I ; So far about GOO applications have been recm-wi for military pensions under tlie Act of last session, some of them upon tho regulation forms and others by letter. , Jiorms correctly filled in have been re- 0 ceived from 460 applicants. Most of these a applications have been dealt with expedi- 11 tr.ously, but in eomo coses slight delay has been caused by the necessity of. in- i quiring into the amount of property pos„3ssed by applicants. Three hundred penSl ?® s have' been actually granted.' 0 ihe great majority of the applications 1,navo como from tho North Island, and a t majority of the North Island applications 'm Ve from the Auckland , district, ihe furthest south" application camo £ VCr ' on ' ' n Southland, and. tho . tiirthest north" application from MaunRanm, m iho North Auckland peninsula. 2, In tho case of many South Island dis- ° tricts, only n single veteran applied for ,a nulitary pension, and some southern districts produced hp applications at all. t up to the end of last year 250 military pensions were'granted. A : specinl' effort n ■was mado by ttio commissioner (Mr. G; ft C. Fache) to deal with a 9 many ponsion applications as possible before the commencement of tho New Year, and in all cases where an old ago pension certificate " was surrendered and reached the Pensions ■ Department beforo tho end of the year, a military ponsion certificate was issued in ■ exchange beforo tho New 1 Year commenced. Some of the veterans applying for pensions have lost their New Zealand War C medals, but offer proofs that they origin- « ?tr? P9 ss . pssei l this • badge of distinction; <x Whoro the veterans .in question were C members of tho colonial forces, such tc claims can bo investigated on the 6not, but there are no local records of tho Imperial troops who were engaged in the Maori War. In the case of former mem- al bers of the Imperial forces, who were Hi awarded and have lost tho New Zealand rn War medal, application is beiiig made, ra through the High Commissioner, to havo .yc the Avar Ofllce records, at London search- on ed la .verification of claims, to