DEFENCE COMMISSION
I'. VLDENOE AT CHRISTCHURCH
(United Press Association.)
CHRISTCHURCH. March 1
At a sitting of the Defence Expenditure Commission to-day. Major W. C. Morrison, General Staff Officer, said that, in his opinion, New Zealand was not getting anything like value from the Territorial Force for the money spent on it. Through various causes, onethird of the value of the training was lost. He explained a method by which a trained force would emerge from the Territorials each year. He favoured district camps. Lieutenant A. G.' Mac Donald, Assistant Director of Supplifes'and Transport, said he thought more reciprocity should obtain between the supply officers in various districts. When lie saw a likelihood of a scarcity of carbide, he sent advice to Wellington. The price ' then was £3O per ton. When a reply, came it had risen to £6O. Other evidence was given, referring chiefly to the delay at Headquarters in dealing with requisitions, some of which were two months old.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LII, Issue 53, 2 March 1918, Page 2
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