RIFLES IMPRESSED
RESPONSE OF OWNERS. There has been a fair response to date in Palmerston North in the delivery of .303 rifles to the police following the issuing of the impressment order, which was received by most owners on Monday. In all, over 1500 impressment notices were sent out. The rifles are for the use of the Home Guard and a wide variety of typos has been received, some being in excellent condition and others not as** good. Where the owner is an active member of the Home Guard he is not required t.o hand in his rifle, but it is registered as being in his possession, as a guardsman, and lie is then protected for compensation should it be damaged through use by the Home Guard. A large proportion of these rifles held jn this- police district are in the country and no reports have yet been made up as to the number oY rifles which have come in from those areas to the district police stations. The impressment orders had to be sent out with only two days’ notice and the assistance' of a number of typists from departments of the PubI lice Service was co-opted.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 134, 8 May 1941, Page 6
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198RIFLES IMPRESSED Manawatu Standard, Volume LXI, Issue 134, 8 May 1941, Page 6
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