COMMONWEALTH MINT.
BOARD'S REPORT. . '. Melbourne, JuV ■'.. The Board appointed to report un Wmanufacture of copper and brass enpi for cartridge making and the coinage .1! silver ami copper lias drawn up a repori against the creation of a Commonwealth mint.
Tire Hoard recommends tluit unangemeals be made with the existing mints at a cost of £7500 for plant aiid alv annual expenditure of .E3500.. __ H also recommends that the cups be Tn'aJu by the cartridge factory of the Colonial Ammunition Company, which is prepared to undertake the work free of cost, if the Government will grant an extension of the lease.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 166, 4 July 1908, Page 2
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106COMMONWEALTH MINT. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 166, 4 July 1908, Page 2
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