DEFENCE EXPENDITURE.
(PKESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) D*J>"EDIN, March 9. The Defence Expenditure Commission sat here this morning. Only onevwitfaess was'examinod. Margaret Douglas deposed that a certain man who had been paid off from the Defence Department received- a pension of 3Gs per week, and now, in addition, had salaried employment, while his wife also was receiving los per week from Patriotic Association. The burden of her complaint was that persons who knew the facts ware stopping their subscriptions to the patriotic . ' funds. The chairman said enquiries would be : .. made. *'j,' The Commission will be here till Tuesday. ' i ■m ===r======================^ K.'itf 1 '- .
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Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16157, 11 March 1918, Page 5
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101DEFENCE EXPENDITURE. Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16157, 11 March 1918, Page 5
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