AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE.
MORE MONEY SPENT, FEWER MEN. United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph,—Copyright. Sydney, January 16. The total cost of Australian defence last year exclusive of naval subsidy was £882,000. There are 22,644, men uunder arms or 6425 less than in 1901; while tbe cost of administration is greater by than in the last mentioned year.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9347, 16 January 1909, Page 5
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55AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIV, Issue 9347, 16 January 1909, Page 5
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