v Old German and Austrian guns, forming part of the collection of war trophies at the' Canterbury Museum, have been given to the bomb disposal section in Christchurch for training purposes, Though the primary duty of the section /is the disposal of unexploded bombs, thc men are trained in other aspects of army engineering. including demolitions, The old guns will be used in this phase of training, and. after they have been blown up, the pieces will be useful for scrap. The trophies have little if any historical value. because the guns are of common types, to be seen in many plac.es in New Zealand. The museum still has a representative collection.
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Marlborough Express, Volume LXXVI, Issue 242, 14 October 1942, Page 4
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