ISSUE OF OWEN GUNS
STATEMENT BY AUSTRALIAN MINISTER.
P.A. Cable.
CANBERRA, Oct. 27.
An immediate advance payment on account of royalty is to be made to Mr Evelyn Owen, the inventor of the Owen sub-machine-gun. This was announced by the Minister for the Army, Mr Forde. The Government's decision follows a complaint by Mr V. A. Wardell, manager of the factory where the guns are made, that although the guns were being produced in quantity, insufficient advantage was being taken of them by the Army, and also a statement by Mr Owen that up to date he had received no payment for the invention. Everything possible was being done to expedite the manufacture of Owen guns and their delivery to the Army, said Mr Forde, who declared that the Army's sole concern was to place the best available weapons in the hands of the troops. Operational requirements, the relative merits of particular weapons in view of the Circumstances at specified places, and the training that the troops had received with various weapons, were all factors governing decisions as to the weapons to be used.
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Marlborough Express, Volume LXXV, Issue 254, 28 October 1942, Page 5
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184ISSUE OF OWEN GUNS Marlborough Express, Volume LXXV, Issue 254, 28 October 1942, Page 5
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