SHELL MANUFACTURE
BRITISH FIRM'S OFFER PROTEST BY DIRECTOR LONDON, March 27 "The Government's case is pure Alice in Wonderland," the managing-direc-tor of the engineering firm of Kansome's said, referring to Mr. DuffCooper's suggestion that the firm is inexperienced in shell-making. "It is fantastic, as in wartime we made 600,000, turning them out like sausages. Moreover, we put two years' work into the estimate, and were congratulated by the Army Contracts Department on the details supplied. "Regarding Mr. Duff-Cooper's doubts on our profit or loss on the offer, all wo asked was £30,514 worth of plant, in accordance with the Government's practice of supplying tools to munition makers —which the Government would have got back by saving 4s each on 150,000 shells. "Wo did not expect to be indemnified against our loss except increases in tho cost of wages or material. "The only rational explanation is that the Government does not want to deal with a firm not orofituig from war." *> ■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22694, 5 April 1937, Page 10
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