Tlie following agents were appointed by the Primitive Methodist Conference to visit circuits in connection with the twentieth century celebration:—The Revs. J. Guy (Otago). 0. E. Ward (Canterbury), J. Dawson (.Wellington), J. Crocker "(Tararuki), and W. Potter (Auckland). The ' Scientific American' describes a bulletproof shield, or rather screen, for soldiers, in firing from the ground. It is formed of two triangular and bulging steel plates, hinged ♦ogether so .as to open out while resting on the ground. The marksman lies behind it and fires through a hole in the middle. When in use it resembles the ram of a battleship in shape, and buUets glance off it. Mauser and Lee-Metford rifles do not pierce it at 400 yds. The bullets of machine guns at 700 yds glance off. Its weight is 131b, and is easily carried on the back of a soldier.
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Evening Star, Issue 11452, 21 January 1901, Page 6
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142Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 Evening Star, Issue 11452, 21 January 1901, Page 6
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