IMPERIAL PENSIONS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLV, Issue 122, 27 April 1925, Page 10

IMPERIAL PENSIONS.

CO-ORDINATION OF METHODS.

AUCKLAND, April 21. For the purpose of co-ordinating the methods in the payment of Imperial war pensions by tne New Zealand Government, Mr G. J. Gilbert, principal clerk to the British Ministry of Pensions, is paying a visit to tne Dominion. Mr Gilbert arrived by the Athe:aic to-day, and expects to remain in New Zealand about six week. The New Zealand Government pays pensions to a considerable number of Imperial ex-soldiers and ex-sailors, most of whom were emigrants to this country after tho war. It obtains from the Imperial Government a refund of the moneys so paid. The primary purpose of Mr Gilbert’s visit is to confer with the Comptroller and Auditor-General, who reviews the accounts of the New Zealand Pensions Department, with tho object of bringing the accounts respecting Imperial Government’s requirements. He is also empowered to discuss with the Government any other relevant questions that may arise, Among these may be the method of paying pensions and their adjustment by arrangement. Imperial war pensions in New Zealand are brought before medical boards from time to time, and their pensions are reviewed by the Pensions Department in accordance with instructions from Home. Mr Gilbert will doubtless discuss this phase of the matter with the authorities,