INCREASED ALLOWANCE
FOR SOLDIERS RECEIVING HOSPITAL TREATMENT. The Defence Department has decided ] to double the allowance paid to soldiers j who are receiving treatment in hospital, ! but who are not provided with board and ; lodgings. The allowance in the past lias been two shillings per day, but ns\ it is recognised that this is inadequate under the existing conditions the rate in ; future will be four shillings per day. : In order. to protect coldier patients ' from abuses winch would interfere with ' their medical treatment and recovery, power is given to the military authorities to make stoppages of pay for neglect ; to wear the proper badges indicating that they are undergoing treatment, and for offences which are prejudical to their , successful treatment and recovery. \ ' I
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 214, 4 June 1919, Page 6
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124INCREASED ALLOWANCE Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 214, 4 June 1919, Page 6
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