WAR EXPENDITURE
COMMONWEALTH FIGURES.
COSTS OF SPECIAL FORCE
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 11.45 a.m.) CANBERRA, This Day.
The Assistant-Federal Treasurer (Mr Spender) has issued a statement showing the defence liabilities incurred by the Commonwealth Government since the outbreak of the war amount to about £16,800,000. The enlistment of 20,000 men in the special defence force will cost in the vicinity of 4i million pounds a year for pay and allowances and camp expenses, apart from equipment.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 September 1939, Page 6
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