Senator McLeay said that no great interference with civilian supplies was expected, In the main, civilian requirements comprised the lighter. sewntype, manufacture of which did eduction of military needs. riveted type, to meet essential civilian
The capacity of every, Australian factory with the necessary equipment had now been surveyed, Senator McLeay added. A quota was being allotted to each factory, representing its estimated capacity when operating totally on military work on an overtime basis, The present programme envisaged the production of approximately 4000.000 pairs of loots in ithe 12 months ending March next. The first oversea order was not received until April, but deliveries being during May, and each month from now hundreds of thousands of boots would go*from the Commonwealth to Australian, British, and Allied troops in the Middle and Far Fast.
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