GRAFT IN WAR CONTRACTS
A DEYIOUSJTORY • Auatralikn-Now Zealand Cable Association. (Rec. October 12, 1.35 a.m.) London, October 11. A Bluo Book reveals the fact that' Sir John' Jackson, Limited, made an offer to Lord Kitchener to erect Army huts -without profit in August, 1914. The War Office accepted tho toffer. Later Jackson's requested 5 per cent; commission upon additional work. The contract finally amounted to £3j200,000, on which Jackson's commission was £170,000. The Puhlio Accounts Committee is highly critical over this arrangement, one member suggesting that it was a bogus offer to do something for nothing in order to sepure Jackson's from competition later.'
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2900, 12 October 1916, Page 5
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104GRAFT IN WAR CONTRACTS Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2900, 12 October 1916, Page 5
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