PRODUCTION OF TANKS

Southland Times, Issue 24352, 5 February 1941, Page 4

PRODUCTION OF TANKS

British Official In. New Zealand COLLABORATION WITH GOVERNMENT (United Press Association) AUCKLAND, February 4. To advise and to collaborate with the New Zealand Government in the production of tanks and other fighting vehicles Mr H. Heath, a member of . the British Ministry of Supply, has arrived from Sydney by the Awarua. .Mr Heath was a member of the British delegation to the Empire Economic Conference at Delhi last October and since then has spent a considerable time in Australia conferring with officials. “Britain wants everything she can get,” said Mr Heath, when asked what was particularly required of New Zealand in the way of war material. He said that tanks and other fighting vehicles were his special interest, and he would discuss questions of production with Government officials and others. He would also endeavour to assist in solving any problems that had already arisen in the sphere of armament manufacture. Mr Heath will spend nearly a fortnight in New Zealand before leaving for America by the Pan American Airways Clipper. In the United States he will confer with the British Purchasing Commission at Washington. He hopes to return to Britain by the middle of March. On his arrival Mr Heath was met. by the Government reception officer, Mr Furlong, and subsequently left for the south. He will make Wellington his headquarters in the Dominion.