Cost of Our Forces
In the House of RepresentWard the Hon. J. Allen (Minister for Defence) said the cost of the expeditionary force to date was roughly about £250,000, but that ' was only an estimate. In reply to Mr W. G. Russell, the Minister of Defence said the men of the expeditionary force had been paid up in full to the 22nd September. The allocation' of wages to dependents had not been taken out of the pay because the men were on shore and could make remittances themselves, lhe next pay was about due, and a deduction would be made in the interests of dependents '
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 30 October 1914, Page 4
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105Cost of Our Forces Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 30 October 1914, Page 4
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