TANKS FOR TRANSPORT.
VALUE IN PUBLIC WORKS. MR. COATES IMPRESSED. A. and N.Z. LONDON. Nov. 14. Discussing the tank demonstration at Camberlev the Trime Minister of New Zealand. Mr. J. G. Coates, said it showed : not only the striking development in mili- ; tarv meehaniealisation, but the value of mechanical transport for civil purposes. ] The military tanks and tractors which , were exhibited might be valuably adapted to development works in new countries. s Instead of having to construct expensive roads ahead of railway, hydro-electric and ] irrigation works, material could be con- 1 veyed to the site of operations immediately by this new method of motor-trans- ( port. The Army's experiments in i mechanical transport were thus very im- i jvortant ta the whole Empire for commercial as well as for war purposes. t <
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19486, 16 November 1926, Page 13
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131TANKS FOR TRANSPORT. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19486, 16 November 1926, Page 13
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