MILLIONS WASTED.
BRITAIN'S WAR BILLS. FOOD DEPARTMENTS LOSSES. (By Cable—Press Association —Copyright.) - ißeceived S.:m ,-i.m.) LONDON', August 15. The third report to the Public Accounts Committee contains glaring examples of prodigious waste during the war. Instances in connection with the erection of hutments verge on being scandals. Much money was spent in the Ministry of Information without any attempt at securing tbe approval of tbe Treasury. The commissioners found that there was much unnecessary loss through remiss administration. A sum of £700.000 was advanced to the V.M.C.A., of which £100,000 was repaid eventually, and it was decided that the balance should be treated as a War Office grant in respect ol" such services as education. The Food Production Department made a loss of £400,000.000 on various schemes, which were undertaken with unjustifiable optimism.— (A. and N.Z. Cable.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 195, 16 August 1920, Page 5
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