GROG IN THE NAVY
j CONDEMNED BY AWIUI/ KfNGf, HALL ■;' '"> By 'teezrapk- Vrcia A.ESacisiUbi-Ooiyrleht, 'U'ilnes" eii(J Ss'ilnfev "Kun" Services.' (Bco. May U, 6,20 p.m-,.) l-ondon, May 13. : Speaking at the Ua'ni of Hope-Cdiifor-CI.ICO, Admiral Sir George Eviig-SaW called attention to th.o pi-ogress of tho ' tflinp&raMco nravoment in tho Navy. There was still, ]\o snitU , toeiii f-ar iinpfovomoiit. Ho condemiied. tiro grog aj* lowance, aad tkahrci that SQ per tent. of tire 'man -\VoMkl sitrTcndw tlvcir g.re,% if it sniaU wage increment ivoje- snbstitutcd. He hoped that tijß A-doviralty ivould, : spend the accessary £60,OOC) to seciiw this reform, which would tead : ic nn incroaso of efficieney. Captain .WoW) declared that 50 pe.r cent, of tiro .soldiers ill Insfia wore ahsteifters.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2149, 15 May 1914, Page 7
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119GROG IN THE NAVY Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2149, 15 May 1914, Page 7
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