WAR PREPARATIONS IN NEW ZEALAND.
Tin- Cio\oiiimiTit is .ittivch employed in tin- woikof <1« tcncc, .ui<l it I-. e\|icctivl th.it Ministi-is will .i-MMiihl.- in Wellington with as little del.iv .is possible, in wew of the jji.iMtv of the situation. It isundi'i>toi)d th.it AdimialTivn has made overtures to tin 1 I'iiion Steam-hip (Joinp.my with the object ot fh.utmiiig sumo ' of their ste.uut'is as p.itiol bo.it-<. Fudav's nous cie.vtcd c .iisidci.ililc lmcasmusb throughout the colony, but the genci.il opinion is strongly in f.ivnm of war with Kussi.i. Should ;uiy ciuisers be .w.vd.iblc, it is thn intention of the (iov eminent to tfnaid those townj appioached by open roaditeads and undefended by l.iiid woiks, such as O.un.uu, Napier and others. Most of the men of the Aimed CoiisUbuhuy limebeeu di. if ted to Wellington and Auckland and will be exeicihed in big gun diill. [BY TEI.BG KVPH.— I'KPsS ASSOCI MION.I J-)UN1JI)1N, Sunday. Large accessions have been made to the ranks of the volunteer* during the pat.t day or two, and an " Otago tiained band" h proposed to be foimedof men who ha\e been ineuibort of any disciplined force. Monday. Several captains of the local volunteer companies intend a.sking the (Government for pcnnibsioii to lecuut them up to a hundied members. It ifa piopo.sed .Uio to form a company of Engineers. fiHUsii'iiritcii, Sunday. The MinistM foi Detouce has accepted the seiMCfs of a mounted mf.uitiy corps for Cluistchuic'i and Ivjttelton.
H.M.S. Espeigle near Wellington. Wi.f.UNt. ro.w Monday. The Oovernnient thii .iftonuon leuoiu'd .1 tolugi.iin fioni Ot.iki stdtintf th.it a l.utfo in. m <it w.u wai in hi^lit off tlieio. She w.is st.indii)^ e.i->t, cNulontly bound for Wollin^toii, .md should tin-, bo .so "-ho should .irinc hei" latu tonight or e.uly to mouou uiciinui^ The \os->i'l w believed to i>c 11. A1.^ lN|ne n 'le, winch left Austi. ilia uiulii •>. neil aulci-. .v fow d.iys .i^'o.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1992, 14 April 1885, Page 2
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311WAR PREPARATIONS IN NEW ZEALAND. Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1992, 14 April 1885, Page 2
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