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fPEIt I'UESS ASSOCIATION.! ASSISTANCE FOR R.'ETttRMED SOLDIERS. Wellington, This (Day. As the impression has gained gicund that the. financial assistance now being afforded to . returned soldiers by the Government is in the form of a loan, the board appointed to administer the fnnds desires to make it plain that assistance is not by way of loan, but a straight-out gift to soldiers. The regulations do not discriminate between officers and men; each case is treated on its merits, but the applications are only considered after the applicants have been passed "medically fit." There jliave been 350 oases dealt with to date, and as many more referred 1 back for further information. The board is ilvoiding daily sittings to cope with increasing applications. ECaiOXT ;RAC®S. Rawera, This Day. The Egmont meeting was continued to-day in fitie weather. Results Xgamutu Handicap. —F ede rio l r All Talk 2, Pink Tie 3. All started; wo-i. by two lengths.. Time, lmiu 19s -c. Mokoia Handicap.—.M-i-i Cara 1. pot[.>}HJOg -g tWIUrj, TIOtq.EOOAO}| - —Madam Ristori. Won by a length; time Imin 17sec.
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 10 May 1917, Page 3
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