GUNS FOR THE AFGHANS.
AN EXPLANATION FROM INDIA. Calcutta, May 14. Regarding the Cotumoriwealth Government's statement that the discarded rifles were twisted and flattened beyond repair before sole, the Calcutta newspaper Englishman Insists that tlie Martinis bearing the Australian mark were smuggled, us originally cabled, and found mostly in the hands of tlie largest'frontier tribe. The Englishman suggest* that originally a part of the consignment was sold to Australia by the Indiaa Government, and subsequently, when discarded, sold in the open market without any .precautious.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19090517.2.16.14
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 94, 17 May 1909, Page 2
Word count
Tapeke kupu
85GUNS FOR THE AFGHANS. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 94, 17 May 1909, Page 2
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in