COLONIAL DEFENCES.
militia: to be cJ&jjed out ''■'■" IN A WEEK- 1 Kjr: -- : '■ .-■■■• -■ *" '"'i' , ,r:rv; .:. ; [PKB ONITBD ni«B ASSOCIATION.] :- Aucm^Dj April 24. The Defence authorities are in treaty for the purchase, of small steamershere, to be conTOrtedf inta torpedo boats.' A.AA i.iv.A X ; '..; .HA.j i The guns for Auckland defefcea will be' ready for 1 action, nejftjweek. ■i Captain Stewart, EN, formerly of Tauranga, is expected to have command :of the. .defegooe'batteri^e here. . ■ ■c. .. Wblmnoton April 2*k The Defence Minister this afternoon hada long interview with Majors Ecclea andßutts, Colonel lieader and Captains Humphreys and! Htime on defence matters.,, , ( The result of the discussion, has not been m^e ' ' " -' The Mmtiawi^ probably be^cfiled out in a week. -» .<>.•< n.*.:,, -Jjy The guba for the defence of Wellington hatbbur swill W in -position 'neatt-weelp .''-;.«: uya-f -5 .*,«;.> x«
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 133, 25 April 1885, Page 2
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