AUSTRALIAN WAR GRATUITY
— _4 ARKANGEMENTS FOB CASHING BONDS. (Bee. November 22, 0.25' a.m.) Sydney, November 21. Mr. Hughe* (Federal Premier) Ims announced that the banks have' agreed to find six millions in cash payment for the war gratuity for soldiers' widows and dependents, incapacitated and blinded men, and other necessitous eases. A meeting of employers decided to cash gratuity bonds on behalf of their employee*; or their dependants, such employers to be relieved pro tanto of contributions to further war loans. A board is . to be appointed to deal with urgent cases in connection with the gratuity.—Press Assn. . , . • SOLDIEHS HECKLE MR. HUGHES Melbourne, "Novcin'ber 21. Mr. W. M. Hughes (Prime Minister), when addressing; a big meeting of re. fumed soUPers, was warmlv heckled ovc the questions of the gratuity, land settlement, and preference to soldiers in em. ployment, but. managed to satisfy most of ihe hecklers,—Press Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 50, 22 November 1919, Page 7
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147AUSTRALIAN WAR GRATUITY Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 50, 22 November 1919, Page 7
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