WAR PREPARATIONS
AMERICANS IMPRESSED VISIT TO AUSTRALIA 1 United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyrlgnt) SYDNEY, Aug. 19 In a special Douglas air liner placed at their disposal, five of the visiting American journalists today were flown to Newcastle and inspected the steelworks, which greatly impressed them. They plied Mr Essington Lewis, Director-General of Munitions, with questions. Mr R. Gunnison, representing the North American Newspaper Alliance, said he and his colleagues had no idea of the efficiency and extent of Australia’s war preparations, which were greater than any of them had imagined. Mr Lewis told the party that only 2 per cent of the materials needed by the steelworks was imported. He also informed them that Australia would soon be manufacturing tanks and embarking on shipbuilding on a large scale. The party afterward flew to Richmond aerdrome and inspected the Air Force station, and then returned to Sydney. A contingent of Newfoundland artillery arrived yesterday at a British port. They were welcomed by Mr D. J. Davies, Newfoundland Trade Commissioner.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21196, 20 August 1940, Page 6
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168WAR PREPARATIONS Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21196, 20 August 1940, Page 6
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