HIGHEST IN WORLD
PAY OF CANADIAN SOLDIERS. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) OTTAWA, December 16. The- Canadian Defence Department, announcing increased pay and dependants’ allowances to Canadian soldiers, issued a table in justification of the claim that the Canadian allowances are the highest in the world. The table, showing the respective monthly payments in dollars and cents, is as follows: —
Canadian army privates now receive 1 dollar 50 cents a day, which is equal to 8s 6d in New Zealand currency.
Wife.Wife, Wife one. six Mother only. child. children, only. Canada • 59.40 72.60 118.60 48 U.S.A 50.00 62.00 •112.00 37 Australia 42.78 58.80 101.64 42.78 N.Z. 34.92 59.10 102.12 24.18 Sth. Africa 42.09 48.78 82.23 34.67 U.K. 24.0G 43.22 68.94 27.42
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 18 December 1942, Page 3
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