GERMANY TO PAY.
REPARATIONS TO AUSTRALIA. COMMONWEALTH WAR DEBT. SOME STAGGERING FIGURES. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received 1.30 p.m.) MELBOURNE, this day. In the House of Representatives, replying to a question, the Federal Treasurer, Dr. Earle Page, said the amount received by Australia in reDarations to date was £377,390. Australia's total share of reparations was £63,162,000. The total war expenditure by Australia to December 31, 1925, was £588,627,000. The chief items were: Interest (including interest on war gratuity bonds, £534,750,000; war pensions to soldiers and dependents, £54.442,000; war gratuities to soldiers and dependents, £27,435,000; vocational training in hospitals, £17,756,000; soldier land settlement, £34.717,000; war service homes, £17,005,000.—(A. and N.Z.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 59, 11 March 1926, Page 7
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108GERMANY TO PAY. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 59, 11 March 1926, Page 7
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