MUFTI ALLOWANCE
INCREASED AMOUNTS PAID £IO,OOO INVOLVED ALREADY "The total involved in these payments is approximately £10,000," said the Minister of Defence, Mr F.- Jones, yesterday when referring to - the amount already forwarded to returned men to cover the increase in the payment of mufti allowances. The incease is from £7 10s to £l2 10s to discharged soldiers returning from overseas.
"The settlement of payments due to soldiers already returned has been treated as a matter of extreme urgency in Base Records Office, Wellington," Mr Jones said, "and by this evening warrants for the payment of £5 each to 1559 men, £7 10s each to 127 soldiers who have not yet returned their kits, and the full payment of £l2 10s to 41 men whose kits have now been cleared will be in the hands of the Post Office for delivery. The amount involved in these payments is approximately £10,000."
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24777, 29 November 1941, Page 8
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150MUFTI ALLOWANCE Otago Daily Times, Issue 24777, 29 November 1941, Page 8
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