MUNITIONS OF WAR.
I The: traditional reputation of the Yankees, for business aptitude appears to be by no means belied by the present •war. 'Sheffield must look with envy upon the- enormous profits now being made by the American merchants who supply_munitions of war to any peeunious customer. Turkey, we learn, has obtained 900,000 Martini rifles, threefourths being shipped with .bayonets to match,' 2;000 Winchester guns, EO^mil-f' lions of cartridges, 20 millions o*f Martini shells, 20 million bullets,, and' 60 million g l Un wads! *- While the Turks' thus Receive substantial " aid and comfoi^,'' Russia is not left out m the cold ; for if. v we are to believe the certainly startling stfttementof & J Sheffield: c<Wre»* jjoifdeni;, SO million , rifles have been made for her at Bfridgeport, Oonnecticut, as well as four million rifles, 200,000 pistols, ahd'afcfew other- such trifles.— • r European Mail."
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Manawatu Times, Volume II, Issue 89, 25 August 1877, Page 3
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