AUSTRALIA'S WAR LOAN
COMPULSORY MEASURES MAY BE ' \ ADOPTED. (Rec. Mnrch 20, 10.5 p.m.) ' : Sydney, March 20. . ■'; A. Millions Club luncheon, given -with ; the object of stimulating investments in : the War Loan, resulted in the business I men present contributing £400,000 and. , the A.M.P. Society £2,000,000. Mr. Watt instanced New Zealand's ] favourable contributions to the War ; Loans compared , with those of Austra- , ! lia. Since the war started until the ! present loan closed Australia would ■< have spent £233,000,000 of loan money j on naval and military operations, and i there had already been raised from all . sources ■■ £105,000,000, leaving a short- ; age of £123,000,000. The Government , must have £40,000,000, and if they . could not get it voluntarily, then they would have to do it some other way.— ; Press Assn. :
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 156, 21 March 1918, Page 5
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127AUSTRALIA'S WAR LOAN Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 156, 21 March 1918, Page 5
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