DEFENCE SPENDING.
AUSTRALIAN PLANS
(Rec. 9 a.m.) SYDNEY, Sept. 17. . The Prime Minister (Mr It. G. Menzies) announces that £20.000,000 will be spent on defence works in Australia by the end of next June. A considerable portion will be spent on air force establishments for the training of airmen. Twenty-one schools will be in operation by the end of this year, when 2500 technicians will be under training.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 248, 17 September 1940, Page 7
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68DEFENCE SPENDING. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 248, 17 September 1940, Page 7
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