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King Country Chronicle, Volume II, Issue 57, 22 November 1907, Page 3

The biggest deal in arms and ammunition in the history of the Dominion has recently been completed by W. Hazard, the popular gun and fishing tackle manufacturer, of Auckland. Under the late Government policy it was customary to store arms not in keeping with up-to-date patterns as a reserve supply. The result was an immense assortment of obsolete small arms and ammunition accumulated in the Government stores. It was recently decided to dispose of a quantity of these by contract, and an Auckland firm thus came into possession of 18,000 rifles, mostly of the RemingtonLee, Snider, and Martini-Henry patterns, and a million rounds of ammition. cartridges were gent Home to be broker* up, but the rilles an.c{ remainder of the ammunition ay-e being disposed of locally. WHEN THE RUB COMES. The proof of the pudding is not always in the eating, but more frequently in the digesting. In this respect, pudding and milking machines are very much alike. It is easy to consume a pudding or instal a milking machine, but the rub comes when you have to digest the pudding or continue to use the milking machine, if it proves unsatisfactory. There need not be any hesitation about purchasing the " L. K.G." milking machine as dozens of practical men have given it highest praise aftey using H aoatinuously foy t lire P. ftu-U' an'ti'five years. MacJswaiis, Ltd., Fort-street, Auckland.