PENSION STOPPED
RECIPIENT’S MODE OF LIFE THE CAUSE.
AUCKLAND, Nov. 14
Commenting upon a case referred to the Returned Soldiers’ Rehabilitation Commission, in which a pension had been stopped as the result of allegations concerning the recipient’s mode of life, the chairman, Mr J. S. Barton, said this morning that in such cases, an important principle was involved. He said it )vas quite possible that a man living away from his wife, and with another woman, might possibly he a better man and citizen, in many respects than one who was observing the conventions. However, society, which Paid the money to subsidise these men had a right to draw the line and assert that any departure from that line should debar a man from receiving a pension. The question that arose- when Boards were given judicial powers in this respect was where the line should be drawn. Whenever it was drawn, it was certain that hardship would fall on someone. The chairman said tile Commission would forward on particulars of the case in point as far as it concerned the principle involved.
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 November 1929, Page 7
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182PENSION STOPPED Hokitika Guardian, 18 November 1929, Page 7
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