COMMONWEALTH DOINGS.
BENEFITS OP ARMY CANTEEN. GOOD USE FOR PROFITS. (Received 9.50 a."m.) .. '. . MELBOURNE,-.this : day. Mr. Budden (Commissioner in Egypt for the Comforts Funds) emphatically supports the army canteen system, which is a greater general benefit than gifts. He estimates that the spending capacity of the' Australian Farce at £3,000 a day and the,profits at £33,000 a month. He says the profits might be placed-after the war to the credit of-a : fund fo:_ the benefit of soldiers' dependents,-instead of benefiting uncertain neutral nations. NO MORE SAKB3AGS WANTED. ... (Received 10.5 ajn."j -' 7 ■:■.',, -• - SYDNEY, this- day. 'The State Commandant has'been advised that no more sandbags are required for Egypt.. •.- • .. ' •
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 50, 28 February 1916, Page 5
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