SEPARATION ALLOWANCES.

Otaki Mail, Volume 26, 28 May 1919, Page 2

SEPARATION ALLOWANCES.

THE GOVERNMENT CONCESSION. The extent and importance of the Government’s decision to make the separation allowance of wive? or guardians; of motherless children of soldiers retrospective from the date of embarkation may be gauged from the fact that Parliament appropriated £410,000 for these fiayr/icnti - , but another £55,000 is found necessary to cover them, making a total of nearly half a miliifra sterling. Fall details of the conditions under which the payments are to be made dsring the first week in June arc-now available, and it appears that approximately 12,099 wives and approved guardians will participate in the distribution, which will average a little over £2l. Long service men will get substantial auras. Take the esse of a Main Body men who returned to the Dominion after the Allowance of 3s tier day came into effect. The amount due to his wife may be computed approximately as follows:

o > . % a. d, 3s per day from ernhiirkatjOTi (Sept. 23rd. 3331) tiH 31,t r May, 3515 . 37 33 „ 2* -per day from I*l June, * 2515, till 31st Dee., 1517 31 JO fj Total £132 3 0 Where a man has been discharged before 30th April, 3313, bin wife, or the guardian of his motherless children, should make written application for the retrospective allowance, giving -the soldier’s name, rank, regimental number, reinforcement, date of discharge (or decease), and foil name and address of the applicant. There j. no need to make application if the discharge ha* taken j,lace since she date mentioned above.