MISCELLANEOUS.
BREAST-PLATES FOR SOLDIERS.
(Received July 28, 9.40 a.m.)
LONDON, July 27. Several newspapers urge tho uso of bullet-proof brea»st-platcs. Many men in the French Army are using such protections.
Sir A. Conan Doylo, in advocating artificial protection, says:—"When Ned Kelly walked unarmed before the police rifles in his own hand-made armour he was an object-lesson to the world. If an outlaw could do it,. why not a soldier?"
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8203, 28 July 1915, Page 5
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69MISCELLANEOUS. BREAST-PLATES FOR SOLDIERS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8203, 28 July 1915, Page 5
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