NEW ZEALAND PERMANENT FORCE.

Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 19, 23 July 1920, Page 4

NEW ZEALAND PERMANENT FORCE.

The provisions of the financial instructions and allowance regulations relating to medical attendance and sick leave have been extondcd to cover the wliole of the personnel of the New Zealand Permanent Force, including those temporarily employed. Returned soldi.ers suffering from a recrudescence of disabili-t-ies contracted on a-ctive service shall be deemed to be "first class" sick, and refduction to half-pay will be automatically effected. In the cases of temporarily employed personnel placed on sick leave on account of disabilities caused by wounds or sickness contracted in the late war, normal sick leave should not usually exceed oue month, the soldier being discharged a£ the end of that period, and his case thus b rough t into its proper status un-tlor the Commissioner of ±'ensions. If, however, recovery is likely within a short period a recommendation should be made to the general officer ccmmanding for continuance of full pay.