SEPARATION ALLOWANCES.

Taranaki Daily News, 20 March 1918, Page 5

SEPARATION ALLOWANCES.

MOTJTUKLE.SS C'lllldMlUX AXD WIDOWED MOTLIURS.

Ameiidbil instructions regarding the payment of sepal': I .' ion allowances a.e announced in General Orders as folly.',s:

■".Separation allowance is inn payable to guardians of motherless cliiltlrcii when no children's allowance is drawn. When a child reaches the age of sixteen years and children's allowances cease, no further issues to the guardian will be made. ''With reference to the separation allowance of la Cd a day, payab'e under certain conditions to widowed mothers of members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, the present regulations under which payment of the allowance is made will in future be proportionately relaxed in particular cases, as regards the stipulation of a minimum allotment of lis a day to the mother, whore the soldier establishes that he is unable to make Midi an allotment, or can only make a smaller allotment by reason of having to provide for the maintenance of his wife or other dependents.' Each case will be dealt with on its ow/i merits. "It is notified for general information that from January 1, Ill's, the New Zealand Oovernment will contribute to the wives residing in New Zealand of Imperial reservists and Imperial soldiers the difference between the Imperial and New Zealand Expeditionary Force rates of pay for corresponding ranks. The separation allowance granted by the Imperial Government will m« longer be adjusted with the New Zealand grant, but the latter will bo in addition thereto. Payments will be made by the Treasury. "Where officers of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force are dismissed from the force while abroad, and are being returned to New Zealand, it has been approved that from December 10, 1017, payment of field allowance according ' o rank may be issued to them from the date of dismissal to the date of embarkation to New Zealand, and that any allotments and separation allowances being p.'id to dependents in New Zealand may be continued until the date of the olliccr's arrival in New Zealand)"