RIFLE SHOOTING.
THE IiOSS RIFLE. TROHILE WITH CAXADA. I'.y Cable—l're<s Association —Cop.vriybt Received 8, fs.;j p.m. Ottawa, February V. Colonel Hughes lias announced that if tliii Wiir Oll'ice adhered (o its refusal to allow the Canadians ft liisley to use the llos» rille with an aperture sighl, the Canadian* would rc'\tse altogether to compete. When tlie question was raised in the Mlou-e of Commons, both sides congratulated Colonel Hughes. -Mr McDonald criticised Colonel Seeley for treating the Canadians as if they were an inferior people, and commented on the War Ofl'ice red tapeism in refusing to adopt a weapon infinitely superior to the Lee-Enfield rifle.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 189, 9 February 1914, Page 4
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105RIFLE SHOOTING. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVI, Issue 189, 9 February 1914, Page 4
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