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Lines of medium tanks, light tanks and universal carriers waiting for issue at a British Army ordnance depot tell more clearly than words of the streams of steel that pour in ever-increasing torrents from British factories to British
Waikato Times
8 March 1941
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Press
25 June 1938
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SHOWGROUNDS FIRE
Manawatu Standard
9 March 1945
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ARMY DEPOT OPENED IN KENYA
Press
30 November 1948
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DESTROYED BY FIRE
Otago Daily Times
11 May 1939
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New British Army Depot In Kenya
Wanganui Chronicle
30 November 1948
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A.T.S. girls at a Royal Army Ordnance Corps depot. Working in co-operation with the newly-formed Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers on mechanical jobs such as this, they are guiding into position the turrey of a Churchill heavy infantry tank.
Bay of Plenty Times
29 April 1943
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LIVE BOMBS BURIED.—Their “resurrection” contemplated only in case of a national emergency, live bombs are buried by a bulldozer at the United States Ordnance Depot at Savanna, Illinois. The bombs are being buried because of shortage of storage space.
Press
30 September 1947
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FIRST TARGET.—The port of Hiroshima, on the Inland Sea (top right), was the first target for the atomic bomb. Hiroshima has a population of 318,040. It contains an important quartermaster’s depot and large ordnance, machine tool, and aircraft plants.
Press
8 August 1945
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£1,500,000 LOSS IN OIL FIRE
Greymouth Evening Star
18 April 1947
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PROMOTION IN K FORCE
Press
14 January 1953
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ton« of tanks moving off from an ordnance depot "somewhere in England" for the port of embarkation to finish their journey "somewhere in Russia." They are travelling past another section or the tram, being loaded for departure on the next day.
Auckland Star
11 August 1942
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BEARSKINS FOR THE GUARDS.—An officer at the British Army’s ordnance depot at Northolt, Middlesex, inspecting a collection of bearskins given to the Brigade of Guards by the citizens of Timmins, Ontario. Enough have been received to make about 50 bearskin hats.
Press
18 January 1960
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THEY LIKE GETTING INTO TROUBLE: With case a British light tank gets out of a difficult ditch. THE LINES BEHIND THE LINES: Lines of medium tanks, light tanks and universal carriers waiting for issue at a British Army Ordnance Depot.
Kaikoura Star
9 June 1941
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Tanks as far as the eye can see in a British ordnance depot. And still more tanks in ever-increasing numbers pour from Britain’s factories, for the British Empire's mighty resources are marshalled with one object—to out-arm and out-fight German terror.
Northern Advocate
16 October 1940
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UNITED STATES SPENDING MONEY.
Oamaru Mail
23 October 1917
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NOT GUILTY OF DESERTION
Press
19 December 1960
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Retirement Of Lieut.- Colonel E. L. G. Bown
Northern Advocate
4 October 1947
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BINOCULAR APPEAL
New Zealand Herald
6 February 1942
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Page 7 Advertisements Column 1
Gisborne Herald
19 March 1941
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FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH.—Tanks as far as the eye can sec in a British ordnance depot. And still more tanks in ever-increasing numbers pour from Britain's factories, for the British Empire’s mighty resources are marshalled with one object—to out-arm and out-fight German terror.
Wairarapa Times-Age
27 September 1940
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UPPER HUTT CRICKET
Dominion
2 March 1935
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DEFENCE REDUCTIONS.
Grey River Argus
18 March 1922
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DEFENCE REDUCTIONS
Dominion
11 March 1922
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ARMY APPOINTS TWO NEW DIRECTORS OF CORPS
Press
14 November 1960
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FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH. Tanks as far as the eye can see in a British ordnance depot. And still more tanks in ever-increasing numbers pour from Britain's factories, for the British Empires mighty resources are marshalled with one object to out-arm and out-fight German terror.
Ashburton Guardian
1 October 1940
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• FROM.STRENGTH- TO. STRENGIH: Tanks as lar as the eye can sec in a British ordnance depot.- And stm more tanks in over-increasing.numb ers pour from Britain's factories, for the British Empire's mighty re■ sources are marshalled with one object—to out-arm and out-fight German terror. • ;
Bay of Plenty Beacon
8 January 1941
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THE LINES BEHINFD THE -LINES: Lines of medium tanks, light tanks and Umversal earners waiting for issue at a British Army Ordnance depot tell more clearly than words of the streams of steel that pour m ever-increasing torrents from British factories to British soldiers.
Nelson Evening Mail
13 March 1941
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ARMY WORKSHOP : A light tank undergoes overhaul in a shop of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps. QUEEN MARY SEES BRITAIN’S SALVAGE FFFORT : The Queen Mother, during a visit to a London depot where she saw refuse and salvage sorted and sent off to various industries.
Northland Age
10 December 1940
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FROM STRENCT HTO STRENGTH : Tanks as far as the eye can see in a British ordnance depot. And still more tanks in ever-increasing numbers pour from Britain's factories, for the British Empire's mighty resources are marshalled with one object—to out-arm and out-nght German terror.
Pahiatua Herald
20 September 1940
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From Strength to Strength: Tanks as far as the eye can see in a British ordnance depot. And still more tanks in ever-increasing numbers pour from Britain’s factories, for the British Empire’s mighty resources are marshalled with one object—to out-arm and out-fight German terror.
Te Awamutu Courier
4 October 1940
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FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH Tanks as far as the eye can see in a British ordnance depot. And still more tanks in ever-increasing numbers pour from Britain’s factories, for the British Empire’s mighty resources are marshalled with one objectto out-arm and out-fight German terror.
Grey River Argus
19 October 1940
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Britain Developing Big Military Depot in East Africa
Grey River Argus
30 November 1948
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REPORTED DETENTION OF BRITISH OFFICER
Press
23 July 1947
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SERIOUS LOSS
Ashburton Guardian
10 March 1945
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NEW ZEALAND FORCES
Dominion
1 July 1929
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FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH: Tanks as far as the eve can see in a British ordnance depot. And still more tanks in ever-increasing numbers pour from Britain's factories, for the British Empire’s mighty resources are mar shaled with one object, to out-arm and out-fight German terror,
Kaikoura Star
23 January 1941
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FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH—Tanks as far as the eye can see in a British ordnance depot. And still more tanks in over-increasing" numbers pour from Britains factories, for the British Empires mighty re sources are marshalled with one object . . to outarm and out-fight German terror.
Lake Wakatip Mail
8 October 1940
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SINKING OF THE ANTILLES
Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus
23 October 1917
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CLOTHING THE ARMY.
Evening Star
17 April 1943
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VITAL PLAN SOLD
Poverty Bay Herald
20 April 1939
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MUNICH A MEMORY
Auckland Star
20 July 1944
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MUNICH A MEMORY
Evening Star
20 July 1944
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BIGGEST TRANSPORT DEPOT
Evening Star
30 May 1940
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AMERICAN CONVOYS.
Auckland Star
22 October 1917
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TWO SOLDIERS WERE KILLED and seven injured a truck from the Trentham ordnance depot crashed over a 400 ft bank into the Belmont Stream, about 12 miles from Wellington. The picture shows one of the injured being carried through the dense bush near the scene of the accident.
Auckland Star
6 October 1945
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The enclosed body of this jeep makes is impervious to winter's discomforts. It is being used by American troops of the 644th. Ordnance Depot on the Western Front. The enclosure is constructed entirely Of salvage material and the plastic top has windshiled wipers, a spotlight, and a windshield defroster.
Bay of Plenty Times
14 April 1945
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WEATHER ROBOT.—This “grasshopper,” one of nine being built at a United States naval ordnance depot for use in the Antarctic, is an airborne weather station. When dropped from an aircraft, it shoots out six legs and a 20ft antenna, then broadcasts weather data for six months without servicing.
Press
4 July 1956
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RETURN OF BINOCULARS
Evening Post
2 February 1944
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AUXILIARY TERRITORIAL SERVICE GIRLS TAKE OVER FROM SOLDIERS: The girl seen here is one of many who form an integral part of the organisation at Britain’s Central Army Ordnance Depot, where final additions and adjustments are made to newly-manufactured army vehicles before they are issued the the Allied armies.
Nelson Evening Mail
26 January 1943
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CRICKET RESULTS
Dominion
4 February 1936
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Australia’s Huge Ordnance Depot
Manawatu Times
25 November 1943
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RECONDITIONING THE THIRD DIVISION'S RESERVE STOCKS at the base ordnance depot set up at Mangere is a man-size job and to-day, after months at it, the troops still have plenty to do. This view of one corner of the big stores shows them dealing with a stack of cased goods.
Auckland Star
8 March 1945
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The enclosed body of this jeep makes it impervious to winter's discomforts. It is being used by American troops of the 644 th Ordnance Depot on the Western Front. The enclosure is constructed entirely of salvaged material, and the plastic top has windshield ivipers, a spotlight, and a windshield defroster.
Evening Post
24 March 1945
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COVERED JEEP.—The enclosed body of this jeep makes it impervious to winter’s discomforts. It is being used by American troops of the 644th Ordnance Depot on the Western Front. The enclosure is constructed entirely of salvaged material, and the plastic top has windshield wipers, a spotlight and a windshield defroster.
Southland Times
20 April 1945
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Untitled
Evening Star
6 July 1938
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DEPOT
Northern Advocate
30 November 1948
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WAR EQUIPMENT
Otago Daily Times
24 March 1942
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ARMY SUPPLIES
Dominion
21 March 1942
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FIRE IN ARMY STORES
Press
10 March 1945
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A mother cries as she helps in the search for her child who is buried under the rubble, after a powerful explosion which rocked a factory warehouse at the Thai Army’s ordnance depot in Bangkok on Sunday. In the explosion and subsequent fire 54 people were killed and more than 400 injured.
Press
21 November 1980
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SEARCHLIGHT FOR THIEVES
Dominion
7 April 1934
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ORDNANCE CLERK'S COMPLAINT.
NZ Truth
19 October 1918
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PERSONAL
Manawatu Standard
12 September 1944
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Tennis Postponed
Northern Advocate
18 April 1947
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Untitled
Southland Times
11 June 1942
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Personal Items
Press
15 May 1957
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SECRET ARMY DEPOT.
Auckland Star
6 July 1938
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UPPER HUTT LEAGUE
Evening Post
26 February 1936
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CRICKET RESULTS
Dominion
26 February 1936
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ARMY PROMOTIONS
New Zealand Herald
9 October 1942
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NO NEW TYRES BURNED
Gisborne Herald
23 March 1946
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BINOCULARS COME IN
Pahiatua Herald
28 February 1942
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World’s Largest Spares
Inangahua Times
2 July 1940
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Sentry Shoots Arab
Press
26 December 1964
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BORROWED BINOCULARS
Wanganui Chronicle
3 February 1944
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MOCK ENEMY AGENTS
Ashburton Guardian
20 April 1949
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DEFENCE REDUCTIONS.
Gisborne Times
17 March 1922
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VAST ORGANISATION
Nelson Evening Mail
21 March 1942
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DEFENCE FORCES
Evening Post
11 October 1941
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Sinister Fire At Army Depot
Northern Advocate
11 May 1939
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TO BE RETURNED SOON
Auckland Star
2 February 1944
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SENTENCE OF TWO YEARS
Evening Star
10 June 1942
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2 Years’ Gaol For Deserter
Northern Advocate
10 June 1942
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DESERTER SENTENCED
Otago Daily Times
11 June 1942
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SOLDIER CHARGED
Timaru Herald
12 May 1939
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TWO YEARS’ GAOL
Timaru Herald
11 June 1942
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UNITED STATES
Wairarapa Age
23 October 1917
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CRICKET RESULTS
Dominion
10 December 1935
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AIR BOMBARDMENT.
Ashburton Guardian
11 September 1944
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DESERTED IN EGYPT
Auckland Star
10 June 1942
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In which jobs Auxiliary Territorial Service girls take over from soldiers, there is no question of their acting as second best." The girl seen here is one of many who form an integral part of the organisation at Britain's Central Army Ordnance Depot, where final adjustments and additions are made to newlymanufactured army vehicles before they are issued to the Allied armies in every theatre of war.
Bay of Plenty Times
23 July 1943
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DESERTED WHILE ON ACTIVE SERVICE
Press
11 June 1942
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1000 Bomber Raid
Northern Advocate
9 September 1944
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In any jobs which Auxiliary Territorial Service girls take over from soldiers, there is no question of their acting as “second best”. The girl seen here is one of many who form an integral part of tho organisation at Britain’s Central Army Ordnance Depot, where final adjustments and additions are made to newly-manufactured army vehicles before they are issued to the Allied armies in every theatre of war.
Opotiki News
9 July 1943
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In any jobs which Auxiliary Territorial Service Girls lake over from soldiers, there is no question of their acting as “second best.’’ The girl seen here is one of many who form an integral part of the organisation at Britain’s Central Army Ordnance Depot, where final adjustments and additions arc made to newlymanufactured army vehicles before they are issued to the Allied armies in every theatre of war.
Wanganui Chronicle
26 January 1943
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DESERTION IN EGYPT
Waikato Times
11 June 1942
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In any jobs which Auxiliary Territorial Service girls take over from soldiers, there is no question of their acting as “second best.” The girl seen here is one of many who form an integral part of the organisation at Britain’s Central Army Ordnance Depot, where final adjustments and additions are made to newly-manufactured army vehicles before they are issued to the Allied armies in every theatre of war.
Hauraki Plains Gazette
28 June 1943
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BORROWED BINOCULARS
Wairarapa Times-Age
2 February 1944
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ROLL OF HONOUR
Dominion
13 March 1945
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