THE WAR GRATUITY.
PAYMENT BEGINS THIS ‘WEEK. WELLINGTON, Sept. 27. It is announced that paynienit. of the war gratuity will commence through the Post Ofiicc Savings Bank next. week in according with the conditions announced by Ithe Minister of Defence in Parliament. Many thousand applications for the gratuity have already been received. . _ The Minister of Defence hs received many inquiries regarding the payment of the ‘gratuity in respect of de-
ceased sold_iers. For general information, therefore, -if. is stated that, where a. soldier has died while a member of the Expedintionary Force, or after being honourably discharged from the Expeditionary Force, paynient of the gratuity is limited to his widow, children, father, or mother, in terms of secnion 7, sub-section 3, of the Expeditionary Forces Amendment Act, 1918.
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Taihape Daily Times, 30 September 1919, Page 6
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128THE WAR GRATUITY. Taihape Daily Times, 30 September 1919, Page 6
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