MAJOR-GENERAL EDWARDS IN AUCKLAND.
The Auckland correspondent of tWi~ "Otago Daily TJrasß," telpgraphlrg on a Wcdneadfty, says : —'• M<j '»• Gkn-Mtai fCd- , wards • xpreesea bitmeif aa on the who'e ■ ' satisfied with bis Inspeo ion to-day, but U-? of opinion that If the Australian systtai was adopt id of paying mm a certain 1110 per annum, the a ider-cizod men oould be. weeded cat and a bettar data of men artof *?' physique obtained. The average phyitdaV of the AanralUn force i was oaD«rlor. He kbiDl | fchat uader this tcheme N-^w Zealand/ - ooald obtain for £100 COO a yea? everything which ahe requires to make an eflfcb* - ; tlve defenoa, and tbat the money ahonld ■ mp!y be regarded as a prenvam of lnsnr•nee on one of the finest colonies m the Bf tith Empire. His opinion li that the Ea-ope»&eHa*tlon will compel theoo-apt-fatlon of these colonies for joint defence, and ibis military federation will praolpitat i polltloal federation, Oaneral Kd wards loavdß for Welllugtun via the Like conotif to-morrow, aooompanied by Oolone! Home ani Mapr Douglas. Gene a) Edward*, after vliltlng Otngo, returns to Aaokland, . and goeo back to Sydney, and also to Queensland. la oonneotion with bl« mission his idea Is *n have a federal small arms factory In Viotorla, and a federal gun depot wi h equipment at Sydney, that , la faat the aoloates should aot m military J nutters as th^y have dona In naval matters with regard to the new Australian eqa«<?ron. The Geaeral hai sent a OJpy of bio repo; t on the Australasian defenoes to Lofd Onilow, leivlbg It with hts\ Excellency to make It pablto. ' '
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2258, 19 October 1889, Page 2
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267MAJOR-GENERAL EDWARDS IN AUCKLAND. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2258, 19 October 1889, Page 2
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