LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Friday.
Thk ntcel screw steamer for which tenders had been called by the Defence Minister, is to bo used in this poit in connection with harbour defences. It is understood thae Major-General Sir Peter Scrntchley, has exprebsed hiuiHclf much surprised and pleased at what ha-, been accomphsod heretowaids putting the chief portn of the colony into a of effective defence. A detachment of twenty-fi\e men of tho Armed Constabulary left by the Penguin for Dnnedin to-day. They aie to bo employed on the defence uoiks there. All Libom leqmml for ilofenco works is now being supplied by tho A.C. Force. The Hotchkiss i.ipid-firing michinc gun, which has botm lent to tins colony by tho inventor, arnved l>y the Aorangi, and was landed to day. It will be mounted at tho Kaiawaria battoiy, and will be tiled when m position. This gun is supposed to be able to hie 20 rounds a minute. The piojectilo weighs Olbs., the range being 5000 yards. At the inquest on Scanlon, found floating in the h.irbour yesteiday, a \erdiut of " Found Drowned ' was returned.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2027, 4 July 1885, Page 2
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187LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS. [BY TELEGRAPH PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wellington, Friday. Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2027, 4 July 1885, Page 2
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