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Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 310, 5 October 1915, Page 4

A complaint is made by an officer •writing from England to a relative in Auckland that the New Zealand soldiers, and particularly the officers, are less well paid than the Austrtfffjnk He states that one cause of dissatisfaction amongst the New Zealand officers is that when they are wounded part of theft* pay is “docked.” He himself was receiving 5s a day Jess, two allowances having been cut oft’. This is done just when the officers are under much, more expanse than before. The custom in the Imperial Array, the writer adds, is to pay when wounded, but not when sick. Several New Zealand officers, he says, complain greatly of this matter*