SOLDIERS' HOMES.
. . AUSTRALIA'S ACCOMPLISHMENT. EFFICIENT ORGANISATION. * '••■-' SATISFACTORY REPAYMENTS. , -., .. (Received June 22, 12.50 p.m.) SYDNEY, June 22. The Commissioner for War Service Homes reports that the commission ; expended nearly £24,000,000 in the erection of nearly 31,000 soldiers' homes all over the Commonwealth, and in the purchase of land in anticipation of further applications. Of the j loans £10,000,001) has been repaid. As an indication of the increased i efficiency of the organisation and the ■' manner' in which purchasers are meeting their-.obligations, it is pointed out that arrears in instalments are equal only to one per cent., while ad- , rninistrative losses, which in 1028 totalled £42,000, were last year changed into a surplus of £22,000, and it is anticipated the current year's surplus will be greater.
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Waikato Times, Volume 102, Issue 17134, 22 June 1927, Page 8
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