PRESS DELEGATION IMPRESSED
AUSTRALIA’S MANPOWER MOBILISATION
Reed. 8.40 p.m. Sydney, Nov. 19. His party had been impressed with (lie scale on which Australia mobilised for war, said Sir Walter T. Layton, leader of the British Press delegation to-day.
He was summarising the delegation’s impressions of its Australian The party will leave soon for New Zealand
Australia's manpower mobilisation was very nearly as high as in Britain, though on the food front Australians have not quite felt the full imnn.’t of the war. However, food restrictions would be it creasingly feP here. Discussing the future of the Australian aircraft industry, Sir Walter said the Commonwealths transportation future, more than that of any other country, lay in the air. After ihe war Australia would therefore probably demobilise a far smaller number of men trained in Ihe aircraft industry than would America or England.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 275, 20 November 1943, Page 5
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