THOSE GERMAN BELLS.
NOT MADE FROM GUNS. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, this day.' The three German bells supposed te have been cast from French cannon taken at Sedan in 1870 were melted down to-day by the instructions of the Government. The ingots are being stored for shipment to France. • The three bells weighed just short of IScwt, and examination by experts showed they were made of bell metal, not gun metal.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIX, Issue 186, 6 August 1918, Page 2
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