ARMS FROM LITHGOW
MULTIPLYING OUTPUT ADDITIONAL PLANT (Rocd Nov. 3, 11.15 a.m.) SYDNEY, Nov. 3. Sir Frederick Stewart, the acting Minister of Supply, stated last night that next year’s production of heavy machine-guns at the Lithgow small arms factory', New South Wales, will be eight times that of 1938
He pointed out that a portion of the needs of two other Dominions would be met at this factory, where the sum of nearly £2,000,000 was being spent on additional plant and extensions, giving employment to 800 skilled tradesmen.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20085, 3 November 1939, Page 7
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