MATERIALS OF WAR
BUYING FROM BRITAIN NEARLY £12,000,000 TOTAL (British Officinl Wireless.) Reed. 2 p.m. RUGBY, Dec. 21. According to an official announcement from Ottawa, between September 1 and November 21, the Canadian Government placed orders for war material totalling nearly £12,000,000. Of these, orders for aircraft accounted for £3,000,000, while other principal items included: Clothing and equipment, £1,600,000: fuel, £500,000; and construction projects, £2,000,000. In addition, during the same period orders were placed for railway equipment to the value of £500,000.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20128, 23 December 1939, Page 7
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82MATERIALS OF WAR Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20128, 23 December 1939, Page 7
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