Indian Munition Factories.

Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 January 1941, Page 4

Indian Munition Factories.

dj India is n<) longer .dependent as i ;H the past on Great Britain for her slot' <■! of munitions, s.iid Major L. T. \\ H vicock. who has just arrived at Auck -J land on short furlough from his st;i tition at Meerut, near Delhi. He state -j that since the outbreak of the wa groat factories have been «>rgnrdsd< s> in which India is making her owi -I munitions on rt huge scale Ihe worl |, is going ~n for 24 hours a d iy in threi j shifts of Indian labour under Hnglisl I supervisors. J On the Box Seat. h A good story is told in a letter re t'cently received by a N’tipl-w resided • I from a relative ‘’.somewhere in I'.ng •' land" ' f the attitude displaced by th- • j many "suicide squad-- men engagee d on the removal and demolition of tin J ~x ri o.i,d bombs "1 passed an Arm? 1 |.,n s- fsterd.iy.' comment.*; the writ per, 's.n which the words 'Sindch s'Squad’ were written and d'liimuiif half a dozen laughing lads, The other cay they were u-lu-d why they wen ; ttilly enough to be • •ittme, • a dckiyet : * -;; a . d. • : ■ : ' - i to be And ml They said : 'Well, if it gm ■■ oil it just w>n't mat- ’ ter whether we arc situm: -n it <■.;• mi , the b rry So we sit on it t-.i keep it . from roiling about" An Adaptable Bird. Du: ,t'>; December .mil January people < in.iv notice the presence of starlings '»» flax bushes The birds are feeding <>r ( rivet.ir contained m the liowcrs ■ from a naturalist’s point of view this is mterrstmg. as it is an example of ! an alien l-.:d formliuf a new habit ' Honey-eating amen?' starlings is un- ■ known ci Britam Th<- viduable work i 11 me m plant tv: t»|> ..tiui .s j ; >vcd by ; '.in- ru t-r--i p .ilt-n-c or<■<.)' brow. | , U ;d it - be - .nd tli.it but for these I birds, il.ix smi crops would be much • .- Though some maintain that ' .s'.ir'.ii:':-, deprivmg native birds ...f f..,1. <m t . .o cum-.m.t weak The j r.it.i. f..r u-mh Lmds. h..- v’e,<l-T ,i'truc'rn n ;md j<• (. -v, "• ven ‘t’.irihii': ;md wax<-ycs fevdm,, together : m; b. ; r ,J ’ Native Bird Sanctum')'. 1 the W o . !■ ad 2d w b, P j II r . : o :.o .... I t ~!W ms: :, ■ i "A a 1 : ■■ .: th--M: V/ H. Ghi Sr.Svt'd '■ : ■ than 'W years Nalivi* birds idwimd, the - Uiio’v hued goldiT.-v-.irrd tut. :=:!i .it •.; ‘ uic U.j Ihr .d-curv ry Mr ■ .did: M d.-d frr.diirr ‘d-tr d w «‘dw-.- * f 'h:- dd;.-' - • ■ . - . : f I s I ’►i. ! ' d’ i.■i ’ ; . ‘ '’’ ’■ ft *’ d' i ’• = i s' ’ 15,,: >/ t r f;,. » ’< \i;.'d r- - -I i :’ f - f’i ■