SHARP CRITICISM
APPOINTMENT OF, A BUYING AGENT. (Rec. Fobraary 26, 11.40 p.m.) London, February 26. In the House of Commons the Government's appointment of Mr. Montagu Meyer as solo timber buyer to tho War Office was hotly criticised. Meyer receives two and. a half per cent, on the value of purchases, and this commission has already reached an amount of £15,000. ' Members stated that other timber firms had offered to undertake the purchases for a lesser remuneration. 'Several members denounced the' appointment as a terrible scandal. Mr. A. T. C. Beck, replying on behalf of the Works Office, declared that the country was saving, money iu em«
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2396, 27 February 1915, Page 7
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107SHARP CRITICISM Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2396, 27 February 1915, Page 7
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