DOMINION NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 February 1917, Page 5

DOMINION NEWS.

SIIACKLETOX EXTERTAINE!). MEMENTOES OF EXPEDITION. liy Telegraph.—Fres« Ass;Jilion. Wellington, Last Xight. Sir E. Slmeklctou, \vl\o was entertained by tlip Commercial Travellers' Club at luncheon, announced t.liat, in recognition of the generous assistance rendered to tin- ;-x|>i>dition, lie would present the club with n sledge and :i pair of seals.

The Mayor also stated that Sir Ernest Shaekleton had presented an historic sledge to the City Council, in trust for Wellington citizens, as a memento of the many kindnesses lie had received here. THE SUPERANNUATION BOARD. ( Wellington, Last Night. At the quarterly meeting of the Public Service Superannuation Board, nineteen contributors, retired by reason of age or length of service, were granted annual allowances, totalling ,i'3-il!), and two contributors, retired as medically unlit, were granted allowances totalling C2Ol per annum. Seventeen widows and fourteen children .vcrc granted statutory allowances aggregating .DISS per annum. In consequence of retirement, under section 3,), accrued compensation to the amount of £SI3S became a liability of the Superannuation Fund, and a corresponding relief to the Consolidated Fund. Tlie secretary reported that the total amount to the credit of the fund on 3Ut •January last was £933,102, an increase of £112,025 on the preceding year.