RAILWAY APPEAL BOARD
AN INTERESTING POINT. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Timaru, Last Night. The Railway Appeal Board sat here to-day to hear the appeal of J. T. Fowler, a porter, who was discharged as medically unfit and refused a pension of £4 a year provided by superannuation, he having been a contributor to the fund. The Department took the stand that Fowler was a probationer, and thus entitled only to a refund of contributions. According to the evidence he was in good health when he joined the service. Mr. T. C. Watson, for the appellant, contended that he was not .i probationer, and that being able to do light work the retirement was not justified, but being retired he was entitled to his pension. Judge Haselden said this was the first case of the,kind he had heard. The point was interesting and he would reserve his decision.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 287, 27 April 1911, Page 5
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146RAILWAY APPEAL BOARD Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 287, 27 April 1911, Page 5
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