BRITISH ESTIMATES
VOTES FOR DEPARTMENTS INCREASE FOR HOME OFFICE LONDON, March 9, The Home Office Estimates total £23,540,000, an increase of £4,690,000. They include £6,144,000 for air raid precautions, of which half is being spent on gas masks. The Education Estimates total £62,801,000, an increase of £1,312,000. Grants to universities and post-gradu-ates are decreased by £200,000. The Broadcasting Corporation’s grant is £2,870,000, a decrease of £70,000. HOME OFFICE ESTIMATES AIR RAID PRECAUTION [ British Official Wirelev. ] RUGBY, March 9. In connection with the Home Office estimates there is in addition, provision for £598,000 for fire brigade services in connection with special air raid cautions.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 59, 11 March 1937, Page 7
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