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Taranaki Daily News, 26 August 1916, Page 5

Speaking at the war anniversary meeting in the Melbourne Town Hall, the Acting-Prime Minister (Senator Pearoe) said they could look back over the past ' year and feel encouragement from the .■rtirvey. Australia had played a worthy part in the war, both in men and money. The naval expenditure for the year 1915 was £4,440,01)0, and .for the vcar 1915-18. it was £0,700,000. fn addition; £2,000,000 had been received in freights, and £1,000,000 from the Admiralty for services rendered. These amounts were paid into the revenuo, and re-spent. Ihus the total naval expenditure was. £14,200,000 to the end of the financial year, 1010. fhe military expenditure in 1015 was £10,GO«.O00, and in IMO £32,498,000, a total of £43,104,000. Tho combined naval and military expenditure for the two years was '£57,008,(100. It was a worthy effort, of which tho people of the Commonwealth might well bo proud. The people had shown during tho past few days that they were prepared to provide still further the einewa of war by subscribing £21,500,00 C. Mr. Frederick William Frankland, vrto for some years •lie'i important positions in tho New Zealand Government Insurance 'Department, died in New York on July 28. The deceased gentleman, wfco was born in Manchester, England, on April IS, 1854, was educated at tie University College School and the London University, and entered the X«\r Zealand Civil Service in 1870. Ho Was connected with the Government Insurance Department for fourteen years. In 1878 lie wa» appointed actuary for Friendly Societies, and in 1884 lie became actuary of tho Government Insurance Department and Registrar of Friendly Societies. He received the appointment of Commissioner of the Government Insurance Department in 1889. In 1890 lie returned to England, and for a time was assistant actuary of the Atlas Life, Assurance Company in London. He was formerly on the actuarial staff of tiw Mew York Life Society. Mr. Frankland, who was a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries, London, and a Fellow of th.B Actuarial Society, of Animica, 1 eanna' leave the old folks now, I'd bettor 'bide a wee, Dad's gut a cold, and Mum'a not well, And pipes the ither e'e. I'll gang dpon to the oornej store For Woods' Great Peppermint G«»> And Mum and Dad will "greet" so mor<» -