WAR GRAVES
BRITAIN’S GENEROUS PROAiSIOX FOR MAINTENANCE.
(A. and N.Z. Cable AssnA (Received July 31. 9.30 p.m.) LONDON. Julv 30.
In the Commons replying to questions Sir Worthington Evans said itwas the intention of the Government, in conjunction with the Dominion Governments, to establish an endowment fund of £5,000,000 for the maintenance of the war cemeteries. He proposed to ask the House to vote £50,000 as the United Kingdom’s contribution for the currentyear. A further sum will be voted, annually increasing as the cost of construction work diminishes until tho capital sum reaches the British share of the total amount required for the permanent maintenance of the war graves.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXIII, Issue 10065, 1 August 1925, Page 5
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