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Commenting, upon recent trade negotiations between. Great Britain, Australia ig a much more highly industrialized "country than generally "imagined. Of 3,300.000 breadwinners in the Commonwealth, 520,000 are employed in manufactur: ing enterprises, compared with about 800.000 in primary production (in. feluaing pastoral, agricultural, min-Ing, forestry. fishing. bee-keeping and other industries). The added or net value of the production. of Australian factories in 1035-36." was the United! States and Australia, Mr Lyone said that the Federal Govern ment was hopeful that they would lead to a general increase. in trade Australia, and that" ce-ope tion Between the" United State: and Australia would result in. pveater developments in other ficlds. Aurtralia had joined with Great Britain in ce-operating with the United States, This in itself would be about £162 millions; the value " of Tural production was £200 millions Seventy-three persons per 1,000 of mean population were engaged in secondary industry, as against 172 in Great Britain, 138" in Germany, and 38 in Japan. The value of plant em-Played on june 90, 1936, was £126 millions, and the value of the out put of industry asa [whole was £420 millions.
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