MILLIONS—BUT NO SHILLINGS
The War Expenses Account for the first nine months of the present financial year shows expenditure amounting to £75.309,000, an increase of nearly 40 millions compared with the corresponding period of last year. No one objects to this. We must win the war as soon as possible, but with waste and false economies apparent to most observers, it is deplorable that hoys of 181- years'of age about to enter the air force should be issued.with old worn-out clothes. The uniform my boy received could not be worn until it had received attention from the tailoiwand even then ho will be anything but proud to wear it. The sewing on of buttons, badges, etc.. is at the expense of the recruit, plus repairs to old clothes in dilapidated condition. The total cost of repairs was 17/. We can spend nearly 100 millions a year, but we can't afford to give our boys decent uniforms. FATHER OF RECRUIT.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 53, 4 March 1943, Page 4
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