TELEGRAMS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 16 December 1915, Page 3

TELEGRAMS.

ft'BH TiJIiSS /iSSOCUTION. j PACING HECX !tU IiIIOKGN. Christ church, This Day. At the metropolitan trotting track this morning Country 13<lle paced ;i mile in -miu 7 l-fise«s., breaking the Australasian record.

PENSIONS BOARD. Wellington, Dec. I.';. To <kue the War Pensions UoarU l:as dealt with oil claims, oi .which : , un.lv twenty-two are still in haul, j and it is expected to clear these all v before- tlie holidays. The pensions j and temporary allowances granted so L far represent an* annual charge oi approximately £20,000. I At this week's meeting ot : the board ( thirty-eight iclaiais wore dealt with, < til'teen from soldiers and twenty-thiva j from dependants of the soldiers. Six ( wuiv grauted pensions, two at £78, one at- £52 and throe at £31). The annual j charge' involved thereby k £325 in ad- ( dition. i Six iwkliers wore granted temporary , allowances totalling £188, while the , application oi. one- was declined, un-1 Jk two other 'adjourned!. j To twenty of the dependants who ] applied pensions wore granted, two ■ applications being declined and one act- , joiirned. 'J'he dependants includedi ( four who were allotted pensions ; oi' £114, £107, £78, and £o2 respectively. Of the other sixteen dependants who applications succeeded, one ; received a pension of £52, one at £HS) . and fourteen at £2G. The total an-' liual charge on account of these twent ? applicants is £816. ■