It co3ts us something to keep up our om*. bassics, missions, aid consular:'., establishments abroad. The' whole thing, runs into nearly £000,000 per annum. Tho salaries were quite justifiable a huridreid years ago, but how that an Ambassador is. merely a Government mouthpicco the salaries could bo cut down from thousands to hundreds with advantage. "When will' some man of , tho world take all.these extravagances in hand, p.nd cut them down, for efficiency's sake?— "Vanity Fair."-
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 194, 11 May 1908, Page 8
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