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COST OF THE WAR. AMSTERDAM, AprE 16. A Vienna expert estimates the cost bE the war to the end o£ March at £17,000,000,000, of -which, amount Great Britain has borne a quarter. ARMY HUTS CONTRACT. Australian and N. 4. Uablo .association. LONDON, April 16. The report of the cooimiabion oi inquiry into the contracts oi Bu- Joan Jaciiaoii, Ijtd., for tine construction oi army huts states that Uie linn's nrsb oiler was bona lide, insugated by patriotic motives. An agreement, was arranged at a critical time wmeli provided lor excessive payments. An independent tribunal wouiu probably have., awamed mucli less than ±;IjxJ,7UU.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16981, 18 April 1917, Page 5
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104GENERAL ITEMS Otago Daily Times, Issue 16981, 18 April 1917, Page 5
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