THE NATION'S WAR EXPENSES
REPORT OF SELECT COMMITTEE WASTE DOWN London, Alay 19. The report of the Select Committee on National _ Expenditure shows that after liiiif a million sterling had been expended on preparatory work for establishing an instructional' school in aerial gunnery at Loch Doon, Ayrshire, the project was abandoned because the climatic conditions of the locality wore unfavourable for flying, and also because it would be necessary to Irain a largo bog to mako tho aerodrome.
The report expresses dissatisfaction with the oversUih'ug of tho War Office, tho staff of which has incronsod from 218 at tho outset of the war to 1516 last month.
Tho Select Committee also leporis that the bread subsidy cosis the nation JiM,000,000 per anmiim.—Aus.-N.Z. ■ Cablo Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 207, 21 May 1918, Page 5
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124THE NATION'S WAR EXPENSES Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 207, 21 May 1918, Page 5
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