DEPENDENTS OF WIMMERA'S SEAMEN.
"■ ■* GOVERNMENT ASKED TO SUPPLSMENT IMPERIAL PENSIONS. Auckland, July 9. Replying to a request that the Government should supplement the Imperial pensions of dependants of seamen lost is the Wimmera, Sir, James Allen asked the deputation why the Government should do this. The shipping companies were the responsible parties. He did not know what profits they were making, but it was their place to look after their own seamen. He would put the request before Cabinet, but the case tat the request was slender.
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Taranaki Daily News, 11 July 1918, Page 4
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87DEPENDENTS OF WIMMERA'S SEAMEN. Taranaki Daily News, 11 July 1918, Page 4
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