WAR MEASURES
BIG AUSTRALIAN BILL DEFENCE £56,555,000 ORDERS FOR AIRCRAFT OVERSEAS PURCHASES t (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn. (Reed. Dec. 23, 1.30 p.m.) MELBOURNE, Dec. 23. Special war measures will cost Australia £27,194,000 for the year 1939-40. Expenditure on all defence services will be £56,555,000. The War Cabinet has confirmed plans for a rapid expansion in construction in Australia of warplanes and training craft. Approval has been given for the purchase of 100 more Wirraway planes and engines, the laying in of stocks of raw materials for another 100 Wirraways, the construction of 90 BristolBeaufort bombers, the purchase of 350 Tiger Moths air frames and 250 Gipsy engines, and 50 Moth Minor planes in Australia and overseas.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20129, 26 December 1939, Page 7
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117WAR MEASURES Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20129, 26 December 1939, Page 7
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