WAR MUNITIONS FOR THE FRONT

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2548, 24 August 1915, Page 6

WAR MUNITIONS FOR THE FRONT

-T BRITAIN THE ALLIES' GREAT PROVIDER By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright Paris, August .22. M. Charles Humbert, in an article in "Le Journal," pays a tribute to Britain's immense work during the present war. He points out that ail abundance of collieries, workshops, ursenals, and manufactures have made her the 1 great purveyor of all the Allied armies and a common arsenal, both inexhaustible and inviolable. TRADE UNION SECRETARY AT THE FRONT. CONVINCED OF THE NEED FOB MUNITIONS. London, August 22.' Mr. Appleton, secretary of the General Federation of Trades Unions, who has visited the front, states that the greatest need is not men but shells and machinery for every kind of army work. AUSTRALIAN WORKERS FOR THE VICKERS YARDS. ■ PASSAGE PAID TO ENGLAND. Sydney, August 28. Viokers, Ltd., are engaging skilled mechanics. A clause in the agreement provides that the fare to England will be refunded l after a fortnight's service," and return fare at the end of six months._ There are many applications. The Railway Commissioner is granting leave to employees accepting the offer, and is keeping their positions open. MUNITIONS COMPANY, LTD.; Pertjy August 23. The Munitions Committee is forming a limited company to operate with tho committee as one (body. Shares aro issuing at five shillings, GERMANS SHORT OF COTTON- FOR •EXPLOSIVES. Paris, August 22. • Some Italians who had been forcibly employed in a powder factory in the Grand Ducby of Baden, have escaped. They report that tho Germans lack cotton, and aro using wood for the manufacture of nitrated' cclhilose (guncotton). , AN IRISH M.P.'s VISIT TO THE FRONT. , (Rec. August 23, 1i.40 p.m.) London, August 23. Mr. O'Grady, M.P., has returned, after a. visit to the front. Sir John French told him: "Our guns are bettor than the Germans' 13-inch weapon, and our shells are equal to the Germans' 17inch ammunition. When you get Home tell the people that the issue , in the struggle is between Krupp's and Birmingham." An officer informed Mr. O'Grady that since the Munitions Act the supply of shells had improved GO.per cent., but. was still insufficient.