ARMY HORSE-SHOES' CONTRACT
MINISTER FOB WAR'S DEFENCE London, September 8. The Hon. K. B. Haldane, Secretary for War, speaking at Abernethy, defeated the purchase of American" hor?e•hoea for the army on the ground that they were fifteen to twenty per cent cheaper than tho British article. CHEAP SUPPLIES MEAN MOKE TBOOPS. Beceived Sept. 0, 9.43 p.m. London, September 0. The Bt. Hon. B. B. Haldane, speaking ■t Abernethy, strongly upheld frcetradc is army contracts whereby, In the case of meat alone, a saving of £dO,oon to £BO,OOO a year had liecn effected. That .raa equivalent to th- cost of a battalion, and he asked the critics whether they preferred a battalion or beef grown in Britain.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 10 September 1907, Page 3
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116ARMY HORSE-SHOES' CONTRACT Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 10 September 1907, Page 3
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