Sir Thomas Inskip Speaks In Conimons London, July 7.
Sir Thomas Inskip, Minister for the ce-ordination of Defence, was asked in the House of Commons today whether he could not state what arrangements the Government had been able to make for the manufacture in Canada of aircraft and other munitions, In reply Sir Thomas stated that the report of the recent special mission which was sent to the United States and Canada and which made enquiries into the production of aircraft in Canada, was under examination, As regards the manufacture of other munitions, he stated, orders had been placed in Canada for shell bodies and Brenn machine-guns—the former -direct with the Canadian manufacturers and the latter in a: ciation with the Canadian Government, An order for explosives, Sir Thomas Inskip also stated, was also under consideration.
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