AN AMERICAN OFFER

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19758, 27 March 1934, Page 8

AN AMERICAN OFFER

PROTECTIVE ARMOUR FOR OFFICIALS. By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, March 26. The Mayor of Wellington received a surprise by mail from New York, in a personal letter written by the manager of the ordnance department of one of the oldest steel making firms in America. The letter sets out the dangers of life to-day for those In the higher realms of authority and the safety which comes to those who are wise enough to guard against bomb, knife and bullet. The firm undertakes to supply fully fabricated armour plate ready to be incorporated In car bodies or made up in vests or coats. Notwithstanding the warning Mr Hislop does not propose “to take action” which the writer of the letter urged should be done at once. Accompanying the letter was a brightly Illustrated bulletin containing sketches of the comparative fates of armoured and unarmoured men who were attacked by assassins. A second enclosure deals with a highly developed tractor tank armoured against light gun fire, carrying one machine gun, a 37 millimeter gun for ground level or anti-aircraft use and smoke and tear gas equipment: It is recommended as very suitable for municipal as well as for military use, for when all is peaceful, the armour plate and guns and poison gas equipment can be detached and the tractor used for public works of haulage.