RUSSIA AND ENGLAND.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 56, 5 August 1885, Page 2

RUSSIA AND ENGLAND.

|; " Tho following from the Dnnedin Herald of last Friday shows that the work of perfecting the harbonr defences oE the colony is not to bo neglected :— " Major Boidaiu, Rear Admiral Scott, and Mr T,B. Low, of the Public Works Department, made an official visit yesterday to the fortifications at St Clair and Lawyer's Head. The Government have orden d 23 additional guns~lo of Bin/, and 13 of 6in. calibre~in order to strengthen the defences of the Colony. Six ot;these guns are intended for D»ne-din--four of theinto bo niounted at theBeach forts, antftwo;yat Otagt Heads. As some of tliese ! guns; are- shortly expected, the Work -of preparing for their mounting will be proceeded with at once." •'■■•• .;

(Per s.' s/ Walrarapa ait the" Bluff.) {UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) ; Melbourne* Jnly 28. On Satnrday -the .Qoyernor,, General Scratchley, 'and several: rtieiribera of the Goveruinnnt visited Queenscliffe and inspected t|»e, f brtjfieaUohs, at the Heads, where all;- the "-works/ receutly decided upou were fonnd to be m an advanced state. ; The object of the expedition was to see if anyibing further is necessary. :-.'

( tCLEOTRIO Tiir.EaaAPil ,— COPYBIQaT.) f iIEUTEB'n '. T.ELEQBAKBO Lonppnv August! It is believed that Russia will keep the Znifikar Pass question open until the next gtsrioral election, when they will endeavour to throw discredit on the Tories m regard to the present negotiations. ' . " "'■■'■■■'" . ,