COLONIAL DEFENCE.
(liY KLKCI'KIU TF.LKGBArU—COPYRIGHT).. Mulhoi'kne, October, 13. Tun report of Major-General Edwards on the defences of Australia has been published. He considers that the Australian colonies offer a rich and tempting prize to a hostile country, and says if they had to rely oil their own resources as regards defence they would certainly be called upon to fight for their independence, and without cohesion of power and combination, the position would be one of great danger. He recommends federation of the military forces, and to effect this New South Wales and Victoria should each furnish three brigades, and South Australia and Queensland one each, to protect the coast line from Brisbane to Adelaide. He favours the adoption of a system of partiallypaid forces, provided the conditions of the service are as stringent as those now in existence in Victoria.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2694, 17 October 1889, Page 2
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140COLONIAL DEFENCE. Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2694, 17 October 1889, Page 2
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