SOLDIERS' PAY AND ALLOWANCES.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16206, 8 May 1918, Page 7

SOLDIERS' PAY AND ALLOWANCES.

A COMPARATIVE STATEMENT* .(SPECIAL TO "THE PftESS.") WELLINGTON, May 7. In view of the fact that married men with children are now being called up for service in this country, the following comparative statement of the rates of pay and allowances in New Zealand and other parts of the British Empire is interesting. The statement is issued with the authority of the Minister of Defence. The following are the rates of weelcly pay in the different countries-—

GREAT BRITAIN, Pay. Allowance. Total. £ s. d. £ e. d. £8. d, Pnvate .. II 10 li — Wife only — 0 8 0 019 6 Wife and 1 child — 016 0 10C "Wife and 2 children .. — 1 1 o 111 G Wife and 3 children .. — 1 4 6 115 0 Wife and 4 children .. — 1 7 C 118 0 Wife and 5 children — 110 6 3 1 0 CANADA. Private .. 112 1 1 010 212 11[In Canada ihcro is no allowance for children, so that this total of £2 12a lid can never be exceeded however many children th» soldier may have.] AUSTRALIA. Private ..2 2 0 — Wifo only .. — 013 5 215 5 Wife and 1 child — 016 11 2ld 11 Wife and 2 children — 10 5 3 2-5 Wife and 3 children — 1 311 3 511 Wife and 4 children .. — 1 7 5 3 0 5 Wife and 5 children .. — 110 11 312 11 NEW ZEALAND. Private 1 15 0 — Wife only .. — 1 1 0 21G 0 Wife and 1 child — 111 8 3 6 G Wife and 2 children — 2 2 0 317 0 Wife and 3 children ... — 212 6 4 7 6 Wife and 4 children — 330 4180 Wife and 5 children .. — 313 G 5 8 0 A DUNEDItf RESOLUTION. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) DUNEDIN, May 7. The committee of tho Dunedin lieturned Soldiers' Association passed a resolution demanding that increases in allowances and pensions for soldiers be made retrospective to the outbreak of the war, and pointing out that the Minister, by refusing to recognise tho justness of the claim, has placed a lower value on the services of men who joined tho Expeditionary Foroo early in the war than on those who are now going to Jhe front.