RIFLE AMMUNITION.
Clubs Complain About Quality. MINISTER’S EXPLANATION. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, March 27. Commenting on the complaint of rifle clubs as to the quality of ammunition supplied for shooting matches the Minister of Defence (the Hon J. G. Cobbe) stated that the clubs were in no different position from the Territorial Forces, as both were issued with the same class of ammunition. The Defence Department, he said, possessed comparatively large stocks of ammunition manufactured prior to 1930 and it was necessary that ammunition of older make should be used before using the newer. A certain reserve I quantity must always be maintained jto meet military requirements. If the I clubs’ demands were acceded to, that ! reserve would eventually consist of | old ammunition. This could not be j contemplated. Although the ammunition now being used was not of recent make, it had been I tested by the department and classified as serviceable. For economy reasons less small arms ammunition was now being purchased and as the quantity was exceeded by the annual consumption, the position should right itself in time.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20266, 28 March 1934, Page 5
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