MUNITIONS FROM AUSTRALIA
EAST INDIES REQUEST SUPPLY DEPARTMENT TO PREPARE PLANS (Rec. 6.30 p.m.) CANBERRA, Nov. 21. The Minister of Supply, Mr J. A. Beasley, has ordered the supply department to prepare plans to dovetail special production orders from the Netherlands East Indies with Australia’s own production of war materials and civil supplies. Mr Beasley’s decision followed a conference with the East Indies Purchasing Mission, the members of which said the Indies Government was eager to establish a permanent purchasing office in Australia.
At present Australian factories are producing munitions and other equipment for Australian military and civil needs, the New Zealand Government and the Eastern Group Supply Council at Delhi. Continuity of production is not always maintained in these industries and the East Indies Mission suggested that in slack times production should be swung over to the fulfilment of Dutch requirements. This could allow an uninterrupted manufacturing programme in Australia and enable the East Indies to obtain urgently needed munitions and other supplies.
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Southland Times, Issue 24599, 22 November 1941, Page 7
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164MUNITIONS FROM AUSTRALIA Southland Times, Issue 24599, 22 November 1941, Page 7
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