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FIRST 40 at;st-];aliax 1UFLES.
From the Small Arm? "Factory at l.itii
<row the first 40 Australian-made service
lities have now been delivered and they
arc on exhibition in the Minj>ter\s lr-ini
Victoria Barrnclcs, Melbourne f.-ays the
"Ags'"). The 'weapons by the casual oh-,
server cannot be distinguished from those
of JJritish manufacture, and the v.-oodu'oi'k
•'» especially attractive. Each of the rifle-;
i~ accompanied by a "history =heet," anil
a special diagram showing the result of its
shooting test at 1U0 ft. In each instance
the five shots are shown groujied v.'ithra
the space that would be covered by a six
pence. Some of the millets h?ve passed
t'nrouidi the same aperture. Although tbo
factory has been actively a: work for over
12 months, the production of rifles has
been detajed, roving to the fact that many
of the employes had to be first instructed
in their highly technical dut'es. The pro
cess of manufacturing millions of parts has,
however, proceeded systematically, al
though the actual work of assembling them
into completed rifles has only been undac
taken during the last few months.
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