MANUFACTURE MUNITIONS

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2554, 31 August 1915, Page 6

MANUFACTURE MUNITIONS

,o : —- I CONFERENCE TO BE CALLED, t- ' ■ r~r —— i« The Hon. A. M. Myors (Minister of e Munitions) lias arranged to call a con* ;a ference of the leading engineers]in the is Dominion to discuss'the possibility of t- manufacturing munitions in tliis country. The possibility of malting machineguns, rifles, explosives, etc., will .be . carefully, considered. The outstanding I | effectiveness: of the machine-guns. haa ie caused a, feeling that, if possible, we e should help -our'_ troops with further ir supplies of tliem if it. is "at all within a the range of our ability to do so. •e The conference will consist of leading o engineers and military experts, and all d aspects of the .subject discussed. - It y ' will bo held' in' Wellington next Friday io jiiomiug, at 11 o'clock, arid the Hon. ;s '-A! M. Myers will preside. h So far as military .supplies generally p are concerned, Mr. Myers lias bow colis lected tho necessary . information' to y show the state of the materials required u in the manufacture and equipment, and tho maximum outputs, of the various 1-. factoring that would deal with theso i, mailers. o ■ ... ■ ■ ■