Pension Payments
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To Dependants of Officials Lost in New Guinea
ACCORDING to an official statement in Canberra on April 24, payments were made to the dependants of New Guinea officials at rates previously authorised by the officials, or as deter mined according to circumstances. Those payments continued from the time the official became missing, until some time after his fate was ascertained.
Superannuation allowances were cal culated from the date of death. The de pendants received the value of all leave credits, up to the time of death.
Where the amounts to be credited were found to be less than the amounts already paid out, no refunds were claimed.
Dependants of lost New Guinea officials became eligible for the special New Guinea civilian war pension, as well as receiving superannuation benefits.
Mrs. Frank Conroy, accompanied by her young daughter, left Brisbane for Rabaul bv the “Montoro” on Tuesday, April 8. She will rejoin her husband.