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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 14738, 18 October 1918, Page 7

Tho first stage m the restoration of St., Paul's Cathedral \xak been completed after, five years', work, at a-"cost of '£100,000. ' ■'. , ■ - Under . tho heading "Some War Achievements^ the following, appears m the official journal of the Royal .Colonial Institute: .''Although;.New .Zealand is a small country, with a proportionately small population; over. 100*000, trained soldiers, up to tbe present time, have sailed from the Dominion ■to take part m the war, and a ■ still larger number have joi ned i the • colors. Two fine hospital . ships have been fitted out, and fully equipped, and. over 500 fully-train-ed nurses have .been sent'-to the front. Horse® to .the.-number of 12,000 have been sent to' Egypt' for military purposes. New Zealand" lias borne the-en-tire cost' of -her .fwar -.effort,- 'amounting to £46,000,000. Wtiether the Dominion can continue to meat •• its • own war expenditure depends largely on -the' shipping outlook. • If sufficient ships, can be found to 'carry-.the 'country's products, her financial position -tfhould'b"e assured."