LABOUR WRONG.
CORRECTED BY CANADA. OTTAWA, September 14. A denial has been made by Sir George Pevley, who at the time of 'the war was Canadian High. Commissioner in London, of a suggestion contained in the report of the committee on unemployment of the Australian Council of Trades Unions, that Canada was relieved of all expenditure relating to her troops upon their embarkation for overseas in the Gi l eat War. . "The committee must have been rt»6informcdi" Sir George said. "Canada paid the entire cost of her troops during the war, from the time of enlistment until they were discharged from the service, including their transportation across the ocean, pay and allowances, their food and the ammunition used at the front."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 218, 15 September 1930, Page 7
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