DEFENCE EXPENDITURE.
1 i 'commission to be set up SHORTLY.' >' WELLINGTON, November IS. The appointment of the Commission \ which is to make! an investigation"of 1 the Defence Department expenditure in '• connection with the war may be ex- ;" pected shortly. It is probable that the I'- matter will be dealt with jis soon as >' there is a full meeting of Cabinet. The 3 Defence Minister had been out of town for about ten days, but he has now returned, and he says he hopes to have '» the matter settled very soon. • [ 1 Messrs Peter Barr, ol Dnnedill, illld S A. S. Diss, of Wellington, both auditors of standing, have been mentioned as likely to be appointed to the Commission, ]'■ :.; understood that the Commission will consist of three members. .i.ii. ■ in ■■■" -
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North Otago Times, Volume CVI, Issue 13983, 20 November 1917, Page 7
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129DEFENCE EXPENDITURE. North Otago Times, Volume CVI, Issue 13983, 20 November 1917, Page 7
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