DEFENCE BILL
HUGE SUMS SPENT £195,666,900 IN YEAR DISTRESSED AREAS BENEFIT (Received November 4, 7.15 p.m.) British "Wireless RUGBY. Nor. 3 The Minister for the Co-ordination of Defence, Sir Thomas Inskip, informed the House of Commons that the value of orders placed by the Defence Department during the last financial year was £195,666,900. For the first six months of this financial year it was £92,324.000. The values of the orders placed in the specially distressed areas were £52,840,000 and £29,048,000 respectively.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22878, 5 November 1937, Page 11
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81DEFENCE BILL New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22878, 5 November 1937, Page 11
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