War Office Methods.
ALLEGED WASTE OF MSA.T* (Received March 18. 4.15 p.m.) LONDON, Man* 18. The Daily Express state* that *ltor tbe Soudt African war Uw authorities threw a thousand tons at perfectly sound tinned meat into tfaa, sea, or. sold it a* manure. Th* tnaoag«r of tbo Beunioa augar aatatea bought eighteen milOon UM (on manure, and Uw native* •tote ft nvnibernnd ate their contenta Without harm. (Received March lft, 4.48 p.m.) LONDON*, March IS. In replying to Mr M|KNama*», who asked lor the nainea of contractors supplying abort weight Una of jam to the army in South Africa, Mr Forster, Junior Lordot tt* Treasury, etatad that in • mm* caaoa nominal wefehts of* cotiaial jams were agreed to; in othara net weights were specified. The present iflfujuiry, was raised owing tocertain stock* of South AJHna, which were nfciarded aa act weight being nubwfiwatly reported to contain only nominal weight*.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 776, 20 March 1905, Page 2
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150War Office Methods. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 776, 20 March 1905, Page 2
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