AUSTRALIA
SOLDIERS’' CLOTHING "SYDNEY, May 14. * The Australian Government has increased by one pound the two pounds ten shillings clothing allowance given to discharged soldiers who reject the issue of a’ civilian suit. These suits, as well as the paucity ol alternative allowance, have been condemned by thousands of ex-service-men. Returned soldiers’ organisations arc seeking that. discharged servicemen should be given a general issue of civilian clothing of the finest cut and quality. City tailors with reduced staffs cannot cope with the mounting orders. They are reported to be asking customers to wait as long as seven months for a suit. _________
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Greymouth Evening Star, 15 May 1944, Page 5
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