DUCK SHOOTING
•—USE OF AUTOMATIC GUNS. LIMITED USE PERMITTED. (Fbom Oub Own CoSbespondent.) . ROXBURGH, April 26. In reply to representations made by Mr Anderson as the result of a strong protest . by the sportsmen of the Gore district against the prohibition of the use of automatic guns for duck shooting. Sir Heaton Rhodes advised the Minister to-night he had authorised the us© 'of automatic guns provided a rivet is introduced limiting’ the charge in the magazine to two cartridges, and if this cannot be done in time for the opening of the season he is prepared on his return to Wellington to-mor-row to" consider the advisability o£ permitting shooters to use their automatics this year. ; Mr Anderson is suggesting to Sir Heaton Rhodes that for this year, at all events, the prohibition against the use of automatic guns be withdrawn, as there is •'insufficient 'time before the opening of the season for sportsmen, particularly in country districts, to have the necessary device affixed limiting the capacity of the magazine.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18539, 27 April 1922, Page 4
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169DUCK SHOOTING Otago Daily Times, Issue 18539, 27 April 1922, Page 4
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