OLD AGE PENSIONS.
A VETERAN DEPRIVED.
Press Association. AUCKLAND, Jan. 27. At a meeting of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board this afternoon, 7>Mr. Coyle, referring to old age pen- " slbaisj cited the case of an,old army veteran of S2 years ol age, an inmate of the Costley Home, who. because lie had partaken of one glass ol bee. and dozed off in a public place had been deprived for five years of Ins practically meant a line ot l i?13o for his one slip. He was ■a man of -mibSemislied character, arm only on this olio occasion had he lapsed. There were other in mat is o the Homo who were fully entitled to ■the moiiev, but for some reason could - After discussion .Urn
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2100, 28 January 1908, Page 3
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125OLD AGE PENSIONS. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2100, 28 January 1908, Page 3
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