MILITARY PAY

Camp News (Northern Command), Volume 1, Issue 3, 17 May 1940, Page 5

MILITARY PAY

• 4> ' Universal Allotment Rate FIXED AT 4/6 A DAY Same In New Zealand As Overseas ft An alteration in the amount members of the Second New Zealand ! Expeditionary Force will in future be required to allot from their military pay during their service in rhe Dominion was announced recently ■ by the Minister of Defence, Mr. : Jones. The new rate will be 4/6 a day, the same as the overseas rate, ; instead of a daily allotment rate of : 2/6 as hitherto. : ••Since the outbreak of war mem ; hers , of the Second New Zealand ExJ petitionary Force have been required : to make an allotment of pay of 2/6 a ■ day during their service in New Zea--1 land and 4/6 a day while serving over , seas,” said Mr. Jones. “These rates an : plied to first and second echelon troops, ’ but from- now onward the Government ; has decided to apply the one allotment rate, of 4/6 a day from the time mili ; tary .pay commences. ; “The main reason for the Government's decision was to avoid delays in. / payment to dependants and to Post - Office accounts that were found to oc- • cur under the old system. To main • tain prompt payment it was quite a : comprehensive job to change from one • rate to another within the minimum of J time~available: the clerical work with - an increasingly large number of troop* ; being considerable. ' “Special facilities,” said the Min- - ister. “have been provided in each : . mobilization camp for soldiers to • withdraw moneys from their personal • post office accounts should they desire '• to supplement the balance of pay they s' receive in camp.’’