EXPLOSIVE BULLETS
THE N.Z. INVENTOR. (By Telegraph■—Per Press Association) MELBOURNE, May 19. .John Pomeroy, the New Zealander who invented the explosive bullet which brought down the German Zeppelins, as cabled on May 16th, is now selling ‘‘Hot Dogs” to home-going theatre-folk outside Saint Paul’s Cathedral, in Melbourne. In an interview, he furnished ample proof of his identity. He possesses a photograph of the Admiralty’s cheque, and. lie still treasures a War Office certificate of his admittance to Industrial House, London. He declares that of the money, eleven thousand sterling was spent in experiments, and a further large sum in litigation trying to secure the award of twenty-five thousand. He had lost the balance of it in investments. He was now perfecting a method of freezing citrus juice in suoli a manner as wi-1 retain the flavour. He is also experimenting in other directions, while at night he sells “hot-dogs.” He was originally a fanner at Invercargill.
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Hokitika Guardian, 20 May 1931, Page 3
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156EXPLOSIVE BULLETS Hokitika Guardian, 20 May 1931, Page 3
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