DEMOBILISATION-
NUMBER OF MEN STILL REQUIRED SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES OP PAY By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright (Rec. January 30, 10.45 p.m.) . London, January 28. It is understood that the Cabinet Coun- ■ oil discussed demobilisation, the size of the army in occupation, and the. strikes. The rate of demobilisation is now 35,000 daily, .... It is expecled that the men who joined before 1916 will automatically be demobilised. The approximate army needed < in Ihe'next eight or nine months will te about SOO,OOO, but the number will diminish as volunteering develops and responsibilities contract. The ge'neral aim .will he to demobilise al iover 30 yens of age. The men who .are retained in the Army for various necessary purposes .will'get substantially increased pay.—Aus.-J>.Z. Cable -Assn, INCREASE TO A GUINEA A WEEK EXPECTED. (Rec. January 30, 10.10 p.m.l London, January 28. Mr. Willi Appleton states that the efforts of the Federation of Trade Unions will probably succeed in getting an increase of soldiers' pay to a guinea a week.—Aiiis.-N.Z. Cable Assn. ... -. \ :,
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 108, 31 January 1919, Page 5
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