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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 98, 28 March 1885, Page 3

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. ! (viliitKD' t'ltiiSS i f SBpCIATION.> ; ' . [■": '. '.*." Atjcklani), Mar.cji' 2^ r ...,; • Ah allotmentjjftviiig feet: f ronr; tage tb Queen : street was offered if oi sale. by- auction yesterday and withdrawn ,at i£4op«peYfbot: v:T . v ■;•:.:;•.; >y (; :^ Tenders are called for a Torpijdo slip ' ! Wdshe # dJiere./ • •,.-■•. ■■ • . ■-', •■..,»-;>: TherM&yor, at the requfest of Sir I F. W. !Whita l ker».aad.Bfr i D,,.L. j^uidoch,, general manaiger of ' the 1 Bank of 2^eW J Zealand, and other gentlemen, telegraphed to the Wellington authorities as to what steps are being taken for the defence of the port, and when, the works would-be commenced. A 'reply has been ■ received that Major Cautley has been Instructed to mount six heavy/ guns as ; soon as possible. from Fiji,,, by ; the Arawata, states that public opinion m Fiji is strengthening in' favor of annexation to ■New! Zealand:! '" ; ' . " :i : " :I 'v> At the sale^ of > city -leasehold 'allotments to-day .property' leas.cd by the : Pro-vinoial Grovernnieut 25 years ago : at i£loo a year realised an .advance of 1600 per ceijtv','....'|'"j" ' : :'■'■'• - ••• ' ; ■„,•■.> -Dunedin,. March' 27.: ■■ < ;Alargeisteamer,' supposed toba the •B.Mj.S. Ruapehu, passed the Nuggets at ,3' o'clock to-day,, and will reach' the Heaflstbis eyening»f - „ . : . i [? i ;> vWEWuai&Toiri This .Day. • ) TheGioverfarrienfc.have decided to use » , nwhiiieheaid, . torpedoes m. protecting the principal ports of New Zealand, and ftfr ' Smy the, Government Inspector t on tor- ' J)edqes, is engaged making the necessary jflJrrangemertts. • ' ■■<■■;.-■ r.> <:.,.... . • ' Gaoler' Garley has been' appointed igaolfer- over .both prisons m: Wellington. 1 ; : Mr Ballance leaveß for. Greytown on . Monday,., wlwjre he meets the Natives, And wi)l .endeavour to ( settle the title, to the Wairara pa, Lake. . . .