AUSTRALIA'S QUOTA FOR THE FRONT
! BIGGEST IN PROPORTION TO POPULATION. Bsj Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Rec. July 7,.-10.65 p.m.) . Melbourne, July 7. [ . Supporting his contention that Australia, had done more, to.- assist the. i Empire than any other ' Dominion, ,Mr. i -Andrew Fisher,', tlie,Prime Minister, has issued a-statement comparing the Commonwealth's efforts -with those of New I Zealand-and . Canada,- maintaining that in order .to" reach Canada's contribution jn proportionj to population,. Australia i wouldhave' to. .furnish' -72,000 ..'men, whereas sho had actually raised 91,000. New Zealand's contribution was equivalent 'to 84,000 from Australia—approximately' the number already sent. Besides the assistance of the Navy, which tho Canadians realise, protected l their . Esquimault i dockyards from Admiral, von Spee's depredations, the ! Commonwealth also presented the War Office with a . motor - transport column costing -£200,000,/ and had given /effective aid in hospital ships and ambulances. In Egypt alone the Commonwealth has provided 7450 beds and created an efficient transport service costing; £1000 daily.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2508, 8 July 1915, Page 6
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158AUSTRALIA'S QUOTA FOR THE FRONT Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2508, 8 July 1915, Page 6
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