ARMS IN AUCKLAND
COMPLIANCE WITH NEW ACT. Electric Telegraph— Press Association Auckland January 12. 'The nowljv-cmated ‘-‘Arms office ' at the Auckland police station is a very busy place. It has been open for only ten days, and already 1000 people have applied for registration of firearms. The “Arms Act” passed last session provides that firearms of all descriptions must be registered. Sporting guns are the principal class for " I' ieh registration Jiais boon applied for. hut there is also a large number of revolvers “The weapons range from muzzleloaders of 100 years ago to the latest pattern of automatic pistols,” the officer in charge said in rep]v to an inquiry.
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Pahiatua Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 2677, 13 January 1921, Page 6
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