WAR PRODUCTION
CANADA'S B!G EXPANSION. CONSTRUCTION OF MERCHANT SHIPS. OTTAWA, February 4, . The dollar value of Canadian war production for 1941 exceeded that of the whole of the first Great War. The 1942 production is expected to be twice as great. About 175,000 mechanical transport vehicles made in Canada for the fighting services were shipped overseas. In 1942 Canada has launched almost as many merchant ships as the United Kingdom. Bren gun production is now three hundred a month. By the end of the year a production level of 4,500 monthly is expected. The entire output of one type of medium tank is going to Russia. One thousand Bren guns from Canada were among the first Allied war equipment made available to China. The total value of Canada’s external trade in 1941, excluding gold, was 3,089,000.000 dollars, the highest in the history of the Dominion, with an increase of 35.7 per cent over 1940.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 February 1942, Page 6
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154WAR PRODUCTION Wairarapa Times-Age, 14 February 1942, Page 6
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