1000 AIRCRAFT FACTORIES.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 208, 31 August 1917, Page 2

1000 AIRCRAFT FACTORIES.

A HI'GE PROGRAMME. 1 ; l>. M.P.. Minuter of Muni t;on>. in an .nterview on Jane 1.". pave .-i.u.e imrtHii.ars >■: the gro-rth uf air'that im icj fi i.Jii»n i Him are • •i,_ii_"-,. on ><mie ;ti> ■■"a.- or .:..• i.n uiui-niti' !e of the wort: v- have in ti.ii.; ~-ta- vi- oat, ,11. it i= iiicreac.nj l»j Ivui* ana i.t-u'id.-. "if. 'or the purpose.- of comparison. y<.-i :'.n tbe nunii.er 01 aeroplane* ;r iiuri-o .1 Aiay. 191 ii. at UK), then in Aia>i>: thir. \ ear the rurritier rt:~e v. ratiier more than SfHI. Even this raU- 01 in ,rea--e it- t.eiui act-elerated. The oi:ij.ut :n I'ecem.'n-r HiU : " twice what it Basin April, and the L)e:ember total will tie ;ar >ai jia-r-ff! :n =uccced'mc OKititlie. -' "'.'.'i. 1 inni'ier ol aeroplane erinrips turned nut montiily bet-i! more tiian wii] be doubled again before Ujc clone vi the year. more :-paee L- n'anu-d than t!ie annual output vi the I'nited States, more mail ■ _• hij -. than Honduras can gupph . all tae i:ri.'n of the type required marie in Ire unci, and the wholi of t:ie al.oyed fteel Km; En£?!an! can produce can be s for flax, to meet the needs >.; the Air Service the Government ha? actuaih to [u-ovide tiu- t-eeri from which to -itow the plant Pssential for its purposes."