MINISTRY OF MUNITIONS
CHARGE OP EXTRAVAGANCE.
(By Cabl#.—Prcas Association.—Copyright \ (Australian and N.S£. Cabl* AuocuttioiU LONDON, May 12. The Auditor-General's report on the expenditure of the Ministry of Munitions during 1917-18, shows that heavy expenditure was often incurred without the-sanction of tile Treasury. There wore large losses through altering and cancolling contracts for which extravagant compensation was paid. In Bome caset> tho cancellation caused no real loss, but compensation was paid, A quarter of a million was spent in equipping a factory to produce a certain poison g,a& before it was decided to manufacture it. It was eventually decided not to employ it. A sum of £266,000 wa« spent on camps to accommodate miners. Tho number was never more than 649, and dropped in six months to 96. Some of the camps wero eventually empty. In one case a firm received a £1,000,000 contradt without 'investigation, although the firm, in previous contracts, had notoriously made bilge profits and charged excessive prices.
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Press, Volume LV, Issue 16528, 21 May 1919, Page 7
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