STORES AND GIFT GUNS.
COLONEL McDOXALD'S CHARGE. CBy Teleprrapb.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Wednesday. Tn reference to the reply made in the House of Representatives 'by the Minister of Defence in regard to the charge that guns and exhibition rifles, etc., had been "iven to a reputedly wealthy man, and that certain charges connected therewith were defrayed at the public expense, Colonel T. W. McDonald, who made the charge in an address to the electors of Wellington Kaet. stated that the Minister's answer was an unqualified admission of the truth of the charge made by him. The amount was never mentioned by him; neither did it affect the matter. It. was purely a question of principle. Exhibition rillcs were of grvat value, and were believed to he incapable of being replaced in the Southern Hemisphere, lie wvleomed the opportunity ot' giving evidence 'before a Committee of the House both on this matter and on the missing stores question. "My only deeire." added Colontfl McDonald, '"is' that the inquiry will be held without delay, and the result at once be made public."
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Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 248, 19 October 1922, Page 8
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179STORES AND GIFT GUNS. Auckland Star, Volume LIII, Issue 248, 19 October 1922, Page 8
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