Colonial Cartridges.
.(PER VMTJ&XF PnW 'issiXTATIBN, _. Auckland, Mi»iiday. Catftato|^4ii!tney^wh!| whoJiPo^a- f msnt has concfuded a contract Idr halt i * million rounds of Sniil«r ammunition, is an i ex-officer m the army with private means. He' is -a representative of a '* number W^oflier: iauckland- geu^lemen,v , mcludwg ilessrs^. ISoWii-tzS Kasslioff! * and W. H. ilazar^l, wIS miend &Anfng "' > company,, caUiug,th^. $& (jartridge jPotnpaay, fer the purpose' of caVryihg out their contract. jThe contract, with fli3 Government is for. ..the* space t>f three years— That; % j^t; G|o>Kernbvent >bind themselves to purchase rifte ammubitidii ■ only fromji^'itJQntractors^ A iprtioKO^ { . the' maqmp^jfjf foi^H^ nu&tp^pfo^y J^ifl. ■ i made m the colony, it being the m-~ terition of the promoters to encourage lodal industry as m^k-^*^)ssible. The consumption of Snider -b^Mammunition in 'the Colony by^thef Wunteers for practice is l,ooo,ooQ.?rouifi3s. It is intended to use the po'wdervmanufaetured at the Dunedin PoWs©£ Mi^t^d should it .'prove as g«pd repressed, the Cartridge Coiupsny : A^J^e iSSR tlious.anu pounds weight-pf It. yearly^l .
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 143, 22 May 1885, Page 2
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158Colonial Cartridges. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 143, 22 May 1885, Page 2
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