BRITISH POLITICS.
SUBSIDIES,
By Telegraph—Prc’s Association-Copyright
Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. LOXDOX, I cbruarr 17. In ihe House of Commons Mr Chamberlain slated that the eslimatcd snbEidy to railways for the current financial year would bo- over £50.000,000, coal £32,200.000 and bread £36,000',000
THE ARMY VOTE,
LOXDOX, February 17.
The Army rote, of twenty-fire milliotis for four to live months is the heaviest expenditure vet. The rear’s total is £125.000,000, of which fifty-five rmllioms are lor establishment on the 191-1-15 basis, 29J- millions are for terminal war charges, including cemeteries, medals, transport services, restoration of private property, and 1 millions for garrisoning Germany 'Constantinople, Palestine, Egypt, Mosonotamia. and Persia. , The total Pritidi Army provided for is 525.000 troops excluding India. It is expected that, tins number will diminish during tho year to 280,000. *
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19878, 20 February 1920, Page 3
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