INVENTIONS BOARD

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 16 May 1941, Page 4

INVENTIONS BOARD

e SUGGESTIONS RELATING TO f FIGHTING SERVICES s ONLY SMALL PROPORTION s SUITABLE (United Press Association! Wellington, May 15. t “Many hundreds of suggestions relat--3 ing to the three fighting services and • also to various phases of our war ef- - fort have been received from private . citizens,” said the Minister of Defence, 3 Mr F. Jones, to-day, when referring - to the functions and work of the Int ventions Board which was set up after 5 the outbreak of war to deal with sug- » gestions likely to be of value for defensive and offensive operations “The Board,” said Mr Jones, “comprised senior technical officers of the three services with representatives of . the Department of Scientific and In- > dustrial Research and the Munitions Controller Only a small proportion of ’ the suggestions received were found , suitable,” he continued, “but practical- ' ly every suggestion received had been offered freely as a contribution to the t war effort and the Government appre- ’ ciated the patriotic spirit which prompt- » ed these offers,” the Minister added, i “Consideration of these inventions 1 was expedited if the full details, in--1 eluding the drawings, were also stated. • Communication of any invention to the l Board would not prejudice the granting of a valid patent.”