DEFENCE SPEED-UP
Big- Changes Expected In Australia SYDNEY, August 2. j The Canberra correspondent, of the I “Sydney Morning Herald” says that j the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, dis- ; satisfied with the rate of progress of ! defence works, has taken steps to ! inaugurate a speed-up campaign. 1 He held conferences yesterday with , the responsible Ministers and last I night with experts from important works. As a result, sweeping changes j in the carrying out of defence works i are expected. FOREIGN WORKMEN — i I Australian Precaution Against Sabotage 1 (Received August 2, 11.20 p.m.) CANBERRA, August 2 The Commonwealth Government has ' taken safeguarding steps against es--1 pionage and sabotage regarding Aus- > tralian defence activities by Insisting I that in all contracts no foreign workmen shall be employed in construction, munitions supply, or defence work-, and also that no persons of direct foreign extraction shall be permitted to obtain employment in any munition establishments.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 262, 3 August 1939, Page 9
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153DEFENCE SPEED-UP Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 262, 3 August 1939, Page 9
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