ALLEGED NEGLECT.
EX-SOLDIERi’S £3OOO CLAIM. A claim for £3OOO compensation for alleged neglect in treatment is contained in a petition presented to Parliament on behajf of Sydney Tovey, of Taranaki Street, Wellington. Entering camp on April 4, 1916, petitioner states that he injured his back while drilling on a troopship, - where treatment was administered to him. A second injury of a similar nature was received while packing •ammunition at Pa r sschendaele, and treatment was given him at various times. He returned to New Zealand permanently unfit in 1918, but was discharged without being accoirded the further treatment recommended at Brockenhurst. Petitioner claims that he has had recurrences bif the pains in the back, and owing to his disability is unable to follow his usual occupation. His pension amounts to £1 a week.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HPGAZ19260804.2.13
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5009, 4 August 1926, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
133ALLEGED NEGLECT. Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume XXXVII, Issue 5009, 4 August 1926, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hauraki Plains Gazette. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in