NATIONAL ECONOMY
HUGE INCREASE IN PEOPLE'S SAVINGS CABINET MINISTERS TO SET AN EXAMPLE By Telegraph—Press Association—Oojyriglit London, December. 6. At a Bankers' Conferenco at Newcastle, it was stated as an illustration of tho extent to which personal economy is being practised, that the nar tioual savings during the first vear of the war increased from 300 millions to six hundred millions, and in the second year are expected to< exoeed £1.000,000,000. It is strongly rumoured that Cabinet Ministers have decided to reduce their own salaries by one-third, and to ask members of the House of Commons to submit to a similar reduction. The Right Hon. A. Birrell (Chief Secretary for Ireland) speaking at Bristol, said that Ministers and members of the House of Commons should set an example in economy, and the sooner they began the better.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2638, 8 December 1915, Page 5
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137NATIONAL ECONOMY Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2638, 8 December 1915, Page 5
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