LEAGUE OF NATIONS LEVY
COST TO N.Z. QUERIED. HOPE FOR REDUCTION. (By Telegraph—Fress Association.) WELLINGTON, Dec. 1. The opinion that New Zealand’s expenses in connection with the League of Nations was to'o heavy was expressed by Mr W. J. Poison (Co., Stratford) in the House of Representatives to-day when the vote for the Prime Minister’s Department was being discussed. He said the annual contribution towards the expenses of the. secretariat was £IB,OOO, and in addition £6OO had been expended last year on the expenses of the Ntew Zealand delegates at the Disarmament Conference and £750 on expenses of the delegate- to Geneva. These amounts were too big for a country the size of New Zealand. They would probably not be grudged if results were beinc achieved. Mr P. Fraser (Lab., Wellington Central) expressed the opinion that Geneva was the only hope for the world at present. The Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon G. W. Forbes, said New Zealand had made representations to see whether her contribution could be reduced, and it was honed she might get some reduction 'u the future. He pointed out that one difficulty was that there were a number of nations who had defaulted in their contributions. Any British country once it had given its word would pav in full.
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Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 2 December 1933, Page 5
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