MAKING WAR MUNITIONS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 54, 3 July 1915, Page 4

MAKING WAR MUNITIONS.

.Mr Cecil A. Whitney, manager of the Colonial Ammunition Company, in an article in the Auckland "Star" on the manufacture of munitions of war, de- ! dares that lie would be glad to put the whole knowledge and skill of the works at the disposal of the Govern-! nieiit if it were necessary. but he points to the great difficulty in the, way, and that is time. If there was plenty of time, in order that the necessary materials and machines and hydraulic presses could be imported, NewZealand could help "Some day," says Mr Whitney, "we shall have to make our own metal in New Zealand from New Zealand ores.hut that cannot come to pass till New Zealand mines have been developed so that we may be assured of getting the raw material when we are in the position to require it. Britain imports most of her metal, such as copper, spelter and lead, and many other items necessary for making munitions of war. When the Government require big-gun cartridge cases and shells we can make them, but not in time to lie any use during the present war . It is purely a question of time and money. It would have been most unpatriotic on' our part if we had led the Government to believe we eotdd make shells for immediate use."