SOLDIERS' GRATUITY
OHHISTCHURCH MEETING AND Tilli GOVERNMENT'S OFFER. Rt ToliKirmb— Vre.n AMnninUnn Christchurch, September 25. At a. largely attended meeting of returned soldiers to discuss the gratuity scheme ii motion was carried to the effect that if the gratuity must be paid., by the country Is. Od. was considered, sufficient, bu(; at. the same time it was thought that means should be available to the Government for deriving from war profiteers Buflicient to pay the amount of gratuity asked for by the deputation in Wellington. The lone of the meeting.was good and orderly throughout. The general feclinir was that the Is. 6d. gratuity was adeqnnte, but the motion was carried as a protest against profiteering.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 1, 26 September 1919, Page 6
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115SOLDIERS' GRATUITY Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 1, 26 September 1919, Page 6
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