WAR FINANCE
AUSTRALIAN EXPECTATION OVER £20,000,000 ASKED (Reed. Sent. 22, 12.30 p.m.) CANBERRA, Sept. 22. Authority for the borrowing of £20,405,000 for defence in the immediate future is sought in the Loan Appropriation Bill introduced in the House of Representatives early this morning. Of this amount £10,405,000 is for buildings, works, 'equipment and general expansion in the Defence Department and £10.000,000 for the first contribution to the special war services.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20049, 22 September 1939, Page 8
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70WAR FINANCE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20049, 22 September 1939, Page 8
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