War Pensions

Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 August 1916, Page 3

War Pensions

SUxU -VOW TOTALS £157,000.

Lite members ol the War Pennons •lioud'd will leave lor Clu'istchui ch ;<i this week-end in order to sit in various centres in the South Island. A j Similar tour ol ffle nortliem districts [ was made some months ago, and lug experience gained there r-iiowed the , very great value of personal interviews with applicants who would be considerably inconvenienced if they were required to travel to Wellington. 'Jiie board will sit in Christchurch all nuxl weeli, and will visit Dunedin, Invercargill aiul, Gore during the following week. It will sit in Oamaru, Timaru, and Ashbuiton during the return journey. I'he board dealt with 589 applications for pension* and allowances during the month of July, 477 of the applications being members of the lories and 112 dependents. Tlie decisions of the board m-ay be classified as follow :-- •Soldiers: Pensions granted 72 ; allowances 317: applications declined. IS ; adjourned 10. Dependants: Pensions granted, 79 ; allowances 2-1 : applications declined 8; adjourned 1. The total number of pensions granted by the board up to the end of July was 1-191. representing an ajnnual charge of £73, 604. The allowances granted number 180-1, representing an annual sum of £83,000. Allowances are granted to soldiers in cases where the extent of permanent disablementis not yet known, and it is certain that many of the allowances will be converted later into pensions. The total number of pensions mild allowances 3295 representing an annual charge of £157,004. The average amount of the pensions already granted is as follows:- Soldiers £5<S per annum : wives and children £97: other dependants C 29 per annum. The average is showing arK wig tendency in the ease of sol-lv .« am! widows. —Do mi n inn.