A PECULIAR MISTAKE.
A mistake which might have led to serious results has been discovered by the Victorian Defence department. A consignment of several thousand rounds of blank ammunition for cadet rifles, from Messrs Kynoch and Co., of Birmingham, was issued to cadet corps after an examination of samples. It now transpires that some boxes labelled an containing blank were actually filled with hall cartridge. A school teacher at the head of one of the corps brought the matter under the notice of the Defence Department, having himself quite accidentally made the discovery when distributing the ammunition. As the labels are unreliable, the department has sent a circular letter to all schools in connection with which cadet corps are established, warning them, and urging that the ammunition on hand should he carefully examined before being distributed.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1664, 24 November 1887, Page 3
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136A PECULIAR MISTAKE. Temuka Leader, Issue 1664, 24 November 1887, Page 3
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