The experiment has been at Aldershot of painting guns and limbers with the three prim;~iy colors—red, blue, and yellow, as it has been found that guns thus painted harmonise with any kind of background that at a short distance they are difficult to locate. Six guns so painted were placed on the ox Hills, and the artillery ofFcers at Aldershot were invited to try to locate thern at about 3,000 yards with field glasses, but, although the officers knew
the direction, none were able to locate them all. Some Horse Artillery sent forward to engage the guns advanced to within 1,000 yards before they located them. The painting on the guns is seen at close quarters to be in -laubs and streaks. The New Zealand Band are to travel Home by the s.s. Corinthic, which is to leave Wellington on the 19th of March.
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Motueka Star, Volume IV, Issue 144, 6 January 1903, Page 5
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