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£8,000,000 ESTIMATE
BILL FOR CONSCRIPTION
VIENNA, Nov. Ik A lift per cent increase in army expenditure is announced in the. Austrian Budget estimate for 19.”,7, which was placed before the Federal Diet to-day.
The estimated expenditure, is, given a.s £S,4oo,l)oo—nearly £O/Uio,ol>o more than this year.
Tho figure for army expenditure i; one-sixth of the total Austrian Bud
get. This increase in the army estimates follows the decision earlier this year to reintroduce conscription, despite the limit imposed oir the Austrian army contained in the Treaty of St. Germain. Strong protests were received from the Little Entente, States. When the first class of recruits was called to the colours it was not possible for the army to accept them all owing to the limit of the army budget.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19227, 20 January 1937, Page 13
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