BOGUS PATRIOTISM.
LONDON, Friday.
A Bine Book reveals the fact that Sir John .Jackson, Limited, made an offer to Lord Kitchener to erect Army hutswithout profit iv August, 1914." This War Of lire accepted the offer. Later •Jackson's requested. 5 per cent com mission upon additional work. The contract finally amounted to E,':!,2;J0,000, on. which th ( > firm V commission was £170----000. - ;
The I'ublie Accounts Committee is highly critical over the arrangement, one member suggesting that it was a
bogus offer to do something for nothing in order to secure Jackson's from competition later.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXX, Issue 146086, 13 October 1916, Page 5
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