Australia.
NO MORE SAND SAGS) WANTED IN EGYPT, United Press Association. (Received 9.35 a.m.) Sydney, February 28. 'The State Commandant has advised that no more sandbags are required for Egypt. IN FAVOR OF ARMY CANTEEN. THOUSANDS MONTHLY IN PROFITS. (Received 9.3,) a.m.) Melbourne, February 28. Mr Buddeu, Commissioner in Egypt of the Comforts Funds, emphatically supports the Army canteen system as being of greater general benefit than gifts. He estimates that the spending capacity of the Australian Force is £3OOO daily, and the profits amount of £33,000 monthly, which might he placed in an After-war fund for the benefit of soldiers and their dependents instead of benefiting an uncertain neutral nation.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 70, 28 February 1916, Page 6
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111Australia. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 70, 28 February 1916, Page 6
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