Cost of Auckland Ammunition.
(n. TEI.KOKAI'II—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
Dunedin", this day. The Volunteer oflicors waited on the Premier yostorday and complained that they had to pay for Auckland-made ammunition ■Is per lOOlbs more than bofore. This in-
crease of 50 per cent was a serious inconvenionco. Sir K. Stout replied that it was desirablo to havo a factory in tho colony, so that they could be independent in timo of war. Thoro was, however, no good reason why tho Volunteers should bo made to Buffer. On his return to Wellington he would lay tho mattor before tho Minister of Dofonco, and sco what could to dono to put tbo Voluutoors in a fuirer position,
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Auckland Star, Volume XVII, Issue 202, 28 August 1886, Page 2
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