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Greymouth Evening Star, 18 November 1931, Page 6

Strong condemnation of the ammunition* issued by the New Zealand Defence Department was forthcoming at a meeting of delegates to the Southland Rifle Association. Several delegates present spoke of the irregular sizes of the bullets and the damage caused to rifle barrels from its irregularity. Cartridge cases also came in for abuse. “We are workng under the same conditions as the champions of the world,” declare.d one member, “except that we have rotten ammunition and they have the best. I’d like to see these experts shooting with our ‘dud’ stuff.”

Many things were stipulated in law that could not be carried out in actual practice, and Mr-W. .Morrison, chairman of the Waitotara County Council, at a recent meeting (reports “The Wanganui Chronicle”). ' The discussion hinged on whether a man could open a road gate and take stock on to pri-. vate property to allow another mob of stock. on the' road to pass. Mr. R. Farley said that permission had to be obtained from th© owner before a gate was opened, but what was a drover to do if the next gate was a mile away? Mr. Morrison remarked that a fire could riot be lighted on a highway, but * he had known of it bein£ done for the past 50 years.