GERMAN MINISTRY
SECRET FUNDS EXHAUSTED. COMPANY’S FILMS SUBSIDISED. SENSATION IN THE REICHSTAG. (By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Received January 21, 2.10 p.m. BERLIN, Jan. 20. Dr. Marx caused a sensation in the Reichstag by admitting that the secret' funds of the Ministry of Finance had been completely exhausted by subsidising the Phoebus Film Company’s patriotic films. The total involved ivas £300,000. The Chancellor declared that while Dr. Gessler was responsible as head of the Ministry the transaction was carried out by minor officials without his knowledge.—A. and N.Z. cable.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVIII, 23 January 1928, Page 8
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