DALMATIANS' SERVICES TO BE UTILISED.
SOLDIERS' RATES OP PAY, It was stated on Tuesday by the Minister of Defence in reply to a reporter that the Government lias decided tc util.se the services of the Dalmatians in the Auckland district on various public works, including road, railway and drainage operations, and that Mr, J. Cullen, the Commissioner, who was appointed to compile a register of the men, has received authority to make arrangements v;lh the i'!icials of the Public Works and Lanii Departments for putiing llic scheme .:no operation. in cases in wbie.i nen are already nrofitat.ly m played ttey will not be removed from their. occupations. The Minister stated that thij scheme probably will be initiated in the Xorth Auckland district, but t'hat some men, preferably the yingle men, may he .placed on works in other parts of the. Dominion. It is not possible at present, said the Minister, to say how many men will be employed, The greater part of the work of registration has been carried out, and it will be completed as soon as possible. As to remuneration the Minister stated that the men would receive soldiers' rates of pay with an allowance for food and clothing.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 April 1918, Page 2
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201DALMATIANS' SERVICES TO BE UTILISED. Taranaki Daily News, 12 April 1918, Page 2
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