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Show BRITISH INCREASE PAY OF DEFENDERS LOXDOX, Sept. 30. The cabinet h:is increased the army and navy pay. although al-though the Increases are small compared ' with the American and Co! :nial standards. stand-ards. Proficiency pny t the rate of from 3 u pence a day will be payable after six months" service, instead cf two years, as cr.der the present army rule. There also is an increase of a penny a day for eam year of war servb e. The navy in '.Tease is about the same rate of pay. and the allowances to r he armv and navy now a mount to 2?,i.-i;'i'Ci0 2?,i.-i;'i'Ci0 yearly. The increases Involve L Z 0 , 0 1"1 . K' 0 for- the f I n t year. |