WIVES OF SOLDIERS
♦ INCREASE IN ALLOWANCES SOUGHT. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, This Day. An inquiry whether the Government had yet come to a decision regarding an increase of 5 per cent in the allowances paid to the wives and members of the armed forces was contained in an urgent question asked in the House of Representatives yesterday. It was pointed out that such an increase would be in line with the recent increase in the wages of workers under awards. "The whole question of the cost of living and economic stabilisation is under consideration by the Government at present,” said the Minister of Defence, Mr Jones, in reply. •
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 December 1940, Page 4
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