BRITAIN'S PART.

North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13929, 11 July 1917, Page 6

BRITAIN'S PART.

.. BOUNTIFUL SUPPLY OF ' ; MUNITIONS. ENCOURAGING REPORTS, .... ' ■ TRIBUTE TO LABOUR. . i (Router's Telegrams). '' '/ /: LONDON," July jC ; , The Parliamentary . Secretary for Munitions, in n speech in the House of Commons, said that despite tli» enormous expenditure of shells,- Britain was producing nrore than enough to keep pace with the outlay. This, he said, was; eloquent justification "of the dilation of labour, The Government's proposals were to allow the dilution of labour on private work, in order to bring a proportion , of skilled men now engaged in private work to war work in the shipyards, agricultural, a'nd implement works and aeroplane factories. The interests of labour would be fully safeguarded in the scheme.