SOLDIERS' PAY
FULL RATES FROM TIME OF ENTERING CAMP. At the annual conference of the Federation of Now Zealand Patriotic War Relief Societies tlie following resolution was passed:—"That the rate of pay to members of the Expeditionary Force-be at the rate of os. per day for tho first month, instead of 4s. per day." This resolution was submitted to the Minister of Defence, who has ropliod as follows: — "Referring to your letter of August 7 to the Right Hon. the Prime Minister, I have pleasure in informing you that Cabinet has decided that with the coming into operation of the Military Service Act tlie rate of pay of members of the Expeditionary Force shall .commence in full from the time of their coming into camp, and there shall be no deduction for .the first month in camp."
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2862, 29 August 1916, Page 6
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137SOLDIERS' PAY Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2862, 29 August 1916, Page 6
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