ALLOCATION OF MONEY
NEEDS OF THREE SERVICES BUILDINGS, PAY, EQUIPMENT (By Telegraph.—Special to Times) WELLINGTON, Tuesday The allocation of the sum of £9,750,000 estimated to be required for the fighting services of New Zealand for the remainder of the present financial year was explained by the Minister of Finance, the Hon. W. Nash, in reply to a request by the Rt. Hon. J. G. Coates (Opposition— Kaipara) in the House of Representatives to-night. Mr Nash said the allocation would be: — Army £5,000,000 Air Force 3,500,000 Navy 1,250,000
Among the main items of estimated expenditure would be buildings, £750,000; equipment and munitions, £1,800,000; pay and allowances, £1,600,000; clothing, £150,000; five new centres for training pilots, £2,000,000; aircraft, equipment and bombs, £600,000.
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Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20920, 27 September 1939, Page 9
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