FIREARMS REGISTRATION.
MANY WEAPONS DEALT WITH. [by telegraph—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] DUNEDIN, Sunday. Since the registration of firearms b«gan quite an armoury has been oollected at the Central Polioe Station. The polic® have registered some 9000 guns rifles in Dunedin to date, and have confiscated 192 automatic rc- ... volvers, exclusive of about 60 which the owners were allowed to keep as war trophies. In addition there are also t>'| stored something like 14,000 rutrnds of ammunition for the surrendered weapon* Jj It will bo seen, therefore, that should || the occasion arise, it should be an £&£/ matter to arm a- oonsiderabla bo<3j; jpolicQ fjom tbg jtocka hold,, 81
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18062, 10 April 1922, Page 6
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