MACHINE-GUN MOVEMENT

Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 4010, 17 August 1915, Page 4

MACHINE-G U N MOVEMENT

FURTHER CONDmONAE OEEELS RECEIVED. HURRYING UR THE DOVERNAiEXT. Into rest in the machine gun cammug,. in Gisborne is rifpidly growing, ana will certainly become very keen as soon as a notification can be .mao that the guns can be -\S no further information as to ti. .supplv has been received from heaoqnartVrs. the Hon. Air Morgan on Saturday last wired to the Minister or Defence as loiiows: . “Keen disanpointmen«, no run hoi rcplv re machine guns. Further.oners received on conditions stated in in. letter. If no reply iroin High Commissioner, respeMiullv suggest mamdirect application to Canadian Am*--

tcr. —W. Alorgan." . To this the lokowing reply was r—served yesterday by Air .Morgan iron, Mr Allen: -•The Imnorial authorities aie a, ready purchasing all the machine guns that" thev can get m J. have again cabled High Commissioner, and hope to receive a reply in the •course of a few days.—J..-Mien. a further conditional oner oi a gun wa's received by .Mr E. H. Mann on Saturday. NO NEWS FRO A! HOME YET. I Press Association Telegram..) DUNEDi.v. Aug. 16. Hon. James Allen (Minister or D--feneei arrived in Dunedin _to-duv Oaost-io.ned .ill connection with t> movement to send additional machine guns to the New Zealand lorces Mr Allc-n said he bail twice cabled, t-o England to ask if they had any rrrie.nn*.<mns available for the New - Z-eamnu. forces, but had so far receive ; im answer. He presumed tiie Jjt -*--»** V,"*ir Office was getting these gun< : made a,, fast as it could for its o« n inr-rv.