BARRED AT BISLEY.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume 1, Issue 3, 9 February 1914, Page 7

BARRED AT BISLEY.

THE ROSS RIFLE. By CaVle.—Press Association. — Copyright. OTTAWA, February 7. Colonel Hughes, the Canadian Minister of Defence, announced that if the War Office adhered to its refusal to "allow, Canadian riflemen at the Bisley meeting to use the Rosy rifle with the aperture sight, Canadians would refuse altogether to compete. Coionel; HVghes offered the loan of sufficient rifles to accommodate eviry territorial and regular competing, j ?■*' ■ ••■.•■,■■ When! the question was raised in the House bf, Commons both sides criticised Cblqnel Seely for treating the Canadians >as if they were an inferior people iariVl commented on the War Office's!*.'red tapeism" in refusing to adopt a weapon infinitely superior to the Lee-Enfield'rifle.

The superiortity of the Ross rifle is gonoial'.y admitted.