Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1918. SOLDIERS' PAY AND ALLOWANCES.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1841, 18 June 1918, Page 2

Manawatu Herald TUESDAY, JUNE 18, 1918. SOLDIERS' PAY AND ALLOWANCES.

HERE is a compnral Ivc hi Wo of weekly pay ami allowances to a private serving' with the New Zealand forces, and the amounts paid by Great Britain, Canada, and Australia :—New Zealand £1 15s, Great Britain 10s (id, Cauda £1 12s Id, Australia £2 2s; wife only: New Zealand £1 Is, total £2 10s; Great Britain 12s (id, £1 3s; Canada .tl Os lOd, £2 12s lid; Australia 1.3 s sd, £2 15s sd; New Zealand, wife and Iwo ehildren: £1 I.ls (id, total £3 (is (id; Great Britain, £1 4s (id, £1 15s; Canada, £1 Os lOd. £2 12s lid; Australia, £1 Os sd, £3 2s sd; New Zealand, wife and three ehildren, £2 12s (id, £4 7s (id; Great Britain, £1 Bs, £1 18s (id; Canada, £1 Os l()d, £2 12s lid; Australia, £1 3s lid, £3 5s lid; New Zealand, wife and four children, £3 3s, £4 18s; Great Britain, £llls, £2 Is Gd; Canada, £1 Os lOd, £2 12s lid; New Zealand, wife and live children, £3 13s Gd, £5 8s 6d; Great Britain, £1 14s, £2 4s (id; Canada,. £1 Os lOd, £2 12s lid, Australia, £1 10s lid, £3 12s lid. It will be seen from the above that, excepting in one instance, where Australia pays its single private £2 2s per week, agginst New Zealand’s £1 15s, that the pay and allowances of the New Zealanders are in excess of any other soldiers serving in the Empire.