BRITISH ARMY WEAPONS

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXII, Issue LXII, 30 January 1912, Page 5

BRITISH ARMY WEAPONS

MR HALDANE'S DEFENCE

BY CABLE-PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT. LONDON, Jan. 29. Lord Haldane, speaking at Gateshead, and replying to Mr Bonar Law, said thelatter's references to the obsolete weapons of the British Army was due to a- casual remark of Lord Roberts', who had no opportunity of studying at close quarters the new* Howitzer, which was the finest in the world, and the field gun was the best except the French territorial field gun, which was slightly heavier, but for most purposes it was as good as the German' regular field gun.. He hoped the new infantry rifle would prove the best in the world. The supply of horses, had been greatly increased. The War Office was introducing changes in the mechanical transport department.