MUNITIONS OF WAR.
STATEMENT BY MR ALLEN. (From Our Own Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, July 7. The Minister of Defence (the Hon. J. Allen) was asked to-day by Mr Anderson—(l)Whether the Government has considered the advisableness of establishing a small arms factory in New Zealand, and if so, what steps has'it taken in the matter; (2) has the Government made inquiries as to whether there are any engineering establishments in New Zealand able and willing to make shells of any kind, and if so, has it taken any and what steps to have such establishments converted into ammunition factories. Mr Allen stated that the matters had engaged the attention of the Government. The existence of a small arms factory under State control in Australia, and the fact that the commonwealth Government had commenced the manufacture of artillery ammunition, to some extent relieved the anxiety of the New Zealand Government in this connection. Inquiries had been made as to the possibilities of the manufacture of shells in the dominion. It was not advisable, for State reasons, during the existence of a- state of war for the exact nature of the steps taken regarding a small arms factory and the manufacture of ammunition to be divulged.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3200, 14 July 1915, Page 3
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