THE VALUE OF SYSTEM.
SAVING IN COST OF MUNITIONS
LONDON, August 14. The Public Accounts •Committee estimates that, notwithstanding the rise in wages, a savmg of forty-three million •was effected in the cost of ammunition in 1917 by the development of system in ascertaining the exact cost of production. Upwards of eight million was spent at the Gretna factory, our largest projectile and shell-filling establishment, but it is estimated that in another twelve months Gretna will pay for the whole expense compared with the prices formerly paid to American producers.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LX, Issue 17063, 16 August 1917, Page 2
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