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4 REQUEST REFUSED;, (Australian Press Association). (Received this day at 12.10 p.m.) MELBOURNE, February 15. The Federal Cabinet rejected a request ' of 'Waterside .workers at Port Kembla to restrict the export of iron to Japan. This® decision, based partly on information that the export of pigiron will not prejudice Australian in. dustries and partly on the ground that to impose a embargo because Japan is at war, might be considered a provocative act. FEDERAL MUNITIONS. (Received this day at 12.10 p.m.) MELBOURNE, February 15. Air Lyons reviewing the progress in munition manufacture in Australia, sadi since September, both the output in many cases, and number of men engaged had been doubled. Mr Lyons announced that the whole of arms output would be further speeded up, new factories built and others extended.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 February 1939, Page 6
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