WAR MUNITIONS.
PRODUCTION IN CANADA
(Received 2 p.m.)
OTTAWA, June 27.
The British Supply Board has assumed the capital cost of plapt construction on behalf of 35 Canadian companies, most of which are already producing munitions, explosives and war materials. The board's commitments exceed 50,000,000 dollars capital expenditure, which are expected to produce materials valued at over 250,000,000 dollars annually. Many plants are producing shell components. Thirteen will shortly produce shells, four are producing gun-barrels, one, 25-pounder field guns, carriages and instruments, and there are also two explosives plants. In addition Britain is buying foodstuffs and raw materials valued at 400,000,000 dollars in the first year of the war. ]
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 152, 28 June 1940, Page 8
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