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!>■* rux AHoounoar.) NEW ZEALAND'S WA®, BILL. Wellington, May 30. The war expenditure of N«rw EcaJand to 31st March last Amounted to £22,075,238. The total included an amount of £4,800,000 paid to the Imperial Government for the maintenance) of New Zealand troops in the field, the supply of ammunition, and the provision of an extra transport. This is the first statement of expenditure in New Zealand that has included this item, but on many occasions it has been mentioned Iby tlhe Defence Minister ae a debt. BUSINESS MAN IXBAID. Blenheim, This IDay. Obituary—John Eeid, aged 61, manger of the Loan and Mercantile Agency . Company, Limited: He was an ex-president of the Chamber of Commerce. For many year the deceased was prominent in commercial and public life in Marlborough. A VESSEL BURNED. Auckland, This (Day. Ad-rice from Sura states that the auxiliary schooner Elaine, owned by Morris Bedstorm <formely the Elfride, German-owned, at Samoa) became a complete loss by (fire in Sura harbor last night. TTie hull and cargo are Insured.
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 31 May 1917, Page 3
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170TELEGRAMS. Levin Daily Chronicle, 31 May 1917, Page 3
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