Sydney, May 14.
An order for shells and ' other munitions, valued at about £3,000,000, placed by Great Britain with the Commonwealth Government, has already been almost fulfilled by the Department of Supply.
The Minister for Supply, Sir Frederick Steward, said that the Order was placed only last November, but a big proportion of the munitions Covered had already been shipped fo, Britain. Production of the remainder of the order was proceeding steadily. The Commonwealth Government was making and supplying the munitions to the British Government at cost.
Frederick Steward added that there was every reason to believe that when the ürst order was fulfilled, Britain would place other large orders for munitions with the Australian Government.—Reuter.
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