LOCAL MANUFACTURE.
NEW SOUTH WALES CABINET BACKS DOWN. IMPORTS TWENTY LOCOMOTIVES Sydney/March 13. Cabinet has decided to forego its policy of manufacturing engines locally for the present, and has cabled an order to England for twenty. The decision was made with reluctance.
WORKSHOPS INADEQUATE,
(Received 14, 9.20 a.m.)
Sydney, March 14
Tho Commissioner replies to Mr. McG owen’s statement regarding the local manufacture of engines, that in December, 1910, the Everleigh shops were able to construct only 25 locomotives annually. Therefore it was necessary to import largely.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 67, 14 March 1912, Page 6
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