BRITAIN'S HARD-WORKED MUNITIONERS
TREMENDOUS DEMANDS OK DEPARTMENT. London, June 18. Dr. Addison, Minister of Munitions, at a conference of trade unionists, mado a speech justifying the dilution of labour in private work. Ho pointed out that tho present merchant shipbuilding programme was three times as great as the 1916 programme. When he first saw the demands on his Department in connection with the arming of merchantmen his heart sank; but the Department had risen to the occasion. This year tho Ministry was feeling the demand for gun repairs; but the damage from defective ammunition and hostile shell fire was very small, oven smaller than in 191 C. The tanks had come into their own. Production had fallen, into a groove, but tho programme was formidable. The Government had decided to increase the output of aeroplanes. The last straw seemed to be added when the Departmentwas asked to provide agricultural tractors; but it was tackling tho problem to tho best of its ability—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3115, 20 June 1917, Page 5
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