NOT TRUE QUICK-FIRERS
WHY D BATTERY’S GUNS WERE RETURNED TO MAKERS. Press Association. CHRISTCHURCH, February 3. The Hon. B. Heaton Rhodes, ActingMinister of Defence, made a statement to-day to a reporter respecting certain allegations published m connection with the new mountain guns imported for tho D Battery. Mr Rhodes said that it was true that the mountain guns sent out last year by the Vickers Maxim Company were not up to date, but it was untrue that this fact was of recent discovery. From the beginning it was recognised that the guns, though good, were not true quick-firers, and in other respects were not up to modern requirements. The guns were purchased on the advice of the New Zealand Government’s exmilitary adviser at Home, whose ap pointment was consequently determined. The firm of Vickers Maxim was communicated with, and requested to take the guns back, and this firm finally consented to do so. It is understood that the firm has secured another purchaser for them. The statement that the ammunition was not of the right calibre is untrue. The ammunition is suitable, and would have been used in camp this year if the guns had been retained.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8345, 4 February 1913, Page 10
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197NOT TRUE QUICK-FIRERS New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8345, 4 February 1913, Page 10
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