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Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 28, 24 September 1920, Page 13

Efforts are being made by %he New Zealand Returned Soldfers' Association to have the sca-le of war pensions for injured men and the dependents of deceased soldiers increased. The matter was discussed at Saturday's meeting oi the Dominion executive of the association, when figures showing how the cost of living is increasing were quoted in order to prove that an increase in Ihe pensions scale was justified. The executive resolved to ask local associations throughout the Dominion to call meetings of soldiers and dependants of deceased men for the purpose of passing suitable supporting resolutions regarding the increase of pensions. It was also *bcided to direct the Dominion sub-cdmmittf e to take the necessary steps to secure to every applicant for a pension the right to be represented by an advocate, both before the War Pensions Board, and before the Appeal Board to be set up.