have been asked whether we have enough reserves to keep the forces in the field. AVe shall send not divisions to Franco until wo ate satisfied that they can be kept in the field. AVe shall liot make the error of putting them into battle when supplies are likely to run out.”
| ’ The Minister announced the formation of home defence battalions andi an | auxiliary military pioneer corps. The i former would be composed of officers and other ranks found permanently or temporarily unfit for service overseas, officers and other ranks waiting drafting, and young soldiers not available by| age for service in the theatre of operations. It would be possible for some of the older ex-officers and some 'older men to be absorbed into these battalions. * t trade plans ' BRITISH NEEDS RUSSIAN TIMBER EXCHANGE ARRANGE!) j LONDON, Oct. 11. Dr. E. L. Bui'gin, the Minister of Supply, has signed an Anglo-Soviet agreement providing for an exchange j of Russian timber for rubber and tin. j It is expected that the agreement will, have important political as well as trade reactions. However, as it stands, the agreement is purely a
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 246, 13 October 1939, Page 4
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