STATEMENT BY MINISTER OF DEFENCE.
i ' The Minister of Defence (the Hon. J: (Allen) was asked .last evening whether ;he had; any statement to make about ithe disturbance.
| J-'.There is nothing much in it, 1 Ithink," said Mr. Allen. ! 'I am informed that the chief- causeyof the dis--. iturbaiice. was a mistake 'about*advances' 1 !of pay :to .men going So- ;leave. The fgrices at .the canteen'.were a •secondary,, matter. .1 have had no complaint ; about, {the prices". These are the prices rillingiu' thp town of Fcath{rston, and there are some differences between the prices [there and the', prices at Trentham. I ■have no official, complaint about charges [in the-canteen. '--At Featherston theCanteen \ is.. run-, by. private. enterprise,, ithe rent of the building going to. the [regimental funds.' Prices for certain arjticles are fixed,.but; it'is of course, impossible to fix rates for every article 'Bold in the canteen. It was reported mo that there was trouble about adjvancesito'.men going,onJeaye,: but that' ;was put right at once. Instruction was given by telephone, to have it righted, and I believe it was done, though the instruction got there rather late."
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2745, 13 April 1916, Page 6
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187STATEMENT BY MINISTER OF DEFENCE. Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2745, 13 April 1916, Page 6
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