ARMS FOR AFGHANS.
SENT ACROSS PERSIAN FRONTIER. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyrißut. Received May 13, 8.20 a.m. LONDON, May 12. A caravan cf forty camels, laden with contraband arms and ammunition for Afghanistan, is reported as having traversed the Seistan district.
"AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT MARK." STATEMENT BY MINISTER OF DEFENCE. Received May 13, 10.20 a.m. MELBOURNE, May 13._ With reference to the smuggling into Afghanistan of arms bearing Australian and New Zealand Government marks, the Minister for Defence (Senator Pearce) states that before selling old rifles, the barrels are bent and otherwise treated so as to render them ineffective for shooting purposes. He "felt sure the rifles referred to in the cablegram were not bought in Australia—at least [since Federation. * In military 'circles it is held that the only possible chance of the rifles being Australian is that they were so old as to have been put out of use long before theSFederationJera.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3189, 14 May 1909, Page 5
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153ARMS FOR AFGHANS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3189, 14 May 1909, Page 5
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