MUNITION OUTPUT
AN ENORMOUS INCREASE London, Deeembor 25. Statistics of tho output of British guns and ammunition show that a month ago the weekly output of ammunition for 18-pounder field artillery was 43 times as great as the weekly output in June, 1915. The output of shells for medium guns and howitzers was 66 times, and for heavy howitzers 324 times as great. The total output in one week in November was 30 per cent, more than tho entiro reservo stock at tho beginning of tho war. Tlie monthly output of medium guns in November was nearly forty times the monthly avorage of tlio first year of the war; that of heavy guns about twelve times as great. For every ton of explosives used in September, 1914, over eleven thousand tons -wore used in July, 1916.—Au5.N.Z. Cable Assn.-Reu tor.
I DUTCH FOODSTUFFS FOR THE KUNS Amsterdam, December 25. Holland has signed a treaty undertaking -to supply Germany with milk, nuts, eggs, and fruit,—Aus.-N.Z. Cable licai.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 2961, 27 December 1916, Page 5
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