DEFENCE EXPENDITURE COMMISSION
NO AXNOUMOEMEN'T YET.
Sir James Allen .(Minister of Defence) stated yesterday t&at he was not m a position to affirm', or deny the statement in the Press Association message from Dunedin p,iv tng names of tlio gentlemen alleged 1 {> ® the commission. E said that there was still doubt as tVi whether one of the men selected wou'i'd be prepared to act, and that until II? was. sure that all the appointees will consent to act on the commission lie could not give anv names at all. ,1 it is probable that the names in the Dunedin message are, 0 £ t ' l , o gentlemen who have betH" asked to act Mr. Peter Bart- is an accountant in Dunedin, very well knon'n in his pr - fession. Mr. Clifirles Rhodes, who .e----ide at Auckland, is director of the Wailii'. Goldm.mng Company. The third, mein ber « ed is Mr. Justice Strmgeir,. and, itmay be expected that if ho co n»«ents to <»ct on the commission he will W ? c^air " man. ,
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 68, 13 December 1917, Page 4
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169DEFENCE EXPENDITURE COMMISSION Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 68, 13 December 1917, Page 4
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