DEFENCE COMMISSION
HOME SERVICE MEN AND SEPA-
RATION ALLOWANCE.
(Bt TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
AUCKLAND, 15th February. Giving evidence before tlie Defence Expenditure Commission this morning, Major Andrews, referring to Sir James Allen's promise that the separation allowance for home- service men should be the same as for men on active service^— namelj', 3s a day for a wife and Is for ea-ch. child—said this statement was made before the effect of the new allowance in the existing rates had been appreciated. Figures since • submitted to the Minister showed that it was not possible to grant these allowances without increasing the total emolument paid to many married men with families out of all proportion to the value of the services to the State and greatly exceeding the rates paid to military and civil servants holding positions of considerable responsibility ; and therefore it had been decided that the old allowances in the home service branch of a shilling a day, for wife and ninepence per child could not be increased.
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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 41, 16 February 1918, Page 11
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