MOVE FOR INCREASE
SOLDIERS 1 ALLOWANCE
An inquiry as to whether the Government would raise the soldiers' subsistence allowance of 2s 6d a day for those living out of camp and engaged on military duties to 5s a day was made by Mrs. A. N. Grigg (National, MidGanterbury) in a notice of question to th~g\Minister of Defence in the House of Representatives yesterday. Mrs. Grigg said it was impossible even for a man living at home to be kept on 17s 6d a week and many men paid £2 a week and more for board.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 99, 23 October 1942, Page 4
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95MOVE FOR INCREASE Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 99, 23 October 1942, Page 4
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