§ MR. WOODALL (Hanley)asked, Whether the Secretary of State for War would tell the House the result of the trials with the new magazine rifle; and, whether the statement that had appeared in a Povincial newspaper, to the effect that the rifle had been condemned, was true?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE (Mr. E. STANHOPE) (Lincolnshire, Horncastle)There is no truth in the statemant. As far as I am aware, the trials have been very satisfactory.