DEFENCE NOTES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 85, 18 April 1885, Page 2

DEFENCE NOTES.

Tender f or t-T£L, *°4. Tub torpedo boat forth bourdefooceaieno^onV^k Wellington, andllera 4^%. Pt . here deserve credit for - ft.- ™ *«_. whichtheyhave^^^^ work m connection with .v -***% atenderfortheereoHSo^iWoC; reception and a slink. °. f *• WSM accepted. The «!_."»- <££> Ephraim Mil_, .X t«V: £435. The work will .^ m_M next week, jh _ ™_*?**£&. the western portion o^_wßb ' Naval Reserve. D 6 J^Sji or so to the ea S twarToT t -hotld'«ia shed, which is to be!|_ tt_! & «_ be 70 feet long. ThsfeS .111 shed to the wlter, anfiit'^fi_ Img<'cradle," onwhiertt'^CS ceedmg with during thnt. aYe ftf__ tioal exposition of th? 6*,t« _! " Many hands make _& t^W.__ the early part of the S If'^S men were employed _™_.* h -*-»Q from daylight _o2__S»sg? _S force oi »o. men'av_lS. ti% only been f.urf neees S a3' '** hours a day The fonTEj*"-*.""£ positions which they are inteS*^. permanently ; one ofthe RiU^ the south battery, facinggge seven-inch gun is _ . «. __*-«_, CheltenhamSeach,l Dd tte th « Beven-inch guns are n_ t_ . -*%_ T-^ythe^enZemSSMl in concreting and trenching;^ TheHta emoa Ihe reputation of __ v »_ • the Government steamerff_2*s_ll_ during theprojectßfe**^ still adhere*ito her. It X__f* on Wednesday last thatSSSS_si evenmg, having with , h^.JW,: land Harbour torpedo boat _~?._* no reliable «nl»S_C^-S_!i ever. It was assumed tW7v *- * upbytheWestCoifl^^ since Thursday iao»l_fc*fi9Sf* her arrival at the ManutaEffi expected. In order tocW_.W certainty regarding the Si? mysterious vessel, a Star _3**-& i saw Mr Golden,'private bs S'^ Hon. the Minister of P u &„* rom that source found that\gfi_ Richardson is in as ns&* dary as ourselves. ■■ |nT^i ,*- ---is that the ves_el M,W__W_m o'clock on Tuesday aighg» known whether she wouldS • ■* West Coast or up this side. %$* has been so prolonged, it ]__W& that Captain Fairchild, "obm&S Port Nicholson, found thrtffffi safer to come by the East Coa&SS quently took the longer 2^ probability is given to R^"' telegram appearing in anitL I__ which states that a rtra t »rr masted steamer passed l____A_ morning bound northward,*,. this subject we cannot .fall strongly animadverting on ffa £ in sending the torpedo boat Wml it having reached WeMdirto_ S For what possible reason i{_afi from England te Wellington, iXf Auckland direct,weareat atetoS unless it was to gratify the Ma JS tho old departmental fossils: parPrfS. administrative creed i ..ttepiJt from a steamer to a iVoltmtWr'sA shall go to Wellington for their liiiS ere it can be safely put to th^ibti_ it is intondod. "C.E." writing w_b, situation of our batteries,saw-"L my return to Auckland from tieSmfc ports-where the questioticf .eta_«_ almost absorbing topic-I ttm miii ff prised to see the progress of onrotitd-a sive works, and notin thels-sF.tnliS./ the battery site on.EoMlalion'Poiitl , viewing the eurroundi_gsi hotrew,!n much struck with the position oftfcia in comparison with other ___«.»&» headlands. I may, perhaps, Ww_e of offering; a correct opinio- f_ii_ilj point of view, but tony; opinion, watik headlands at OrakoifiiiwntsiM«i more command_igjXM(^W-|tij|ii controls the inner, kjte, hut Mm extent tho Ransitbto;' Ctannef: _ .11 think I am within the limits tif aauAl| in stating that thisdisSncettt-i^-K Head—the site oi the.|nndpal_3(l-H across this part oitbe;channel;iscpi_jii ably less than _roi_'&::preoi'^» t i Resolution Point, yheratyuolomraigl! a passing vessel could _,ife_i_'--St-l another point of view. WoddtoliMei on this headland opening fireon \t_rn a guarantee that thS alp. to;™ li drawn at once among a l»reeipopii_«! It appears to ins in adopt_^s'n_^i protection of this kuid.theliwtf^P dent community are jeopardised _a» sarily, when a Editable, -lifiipt .a_» eflicacious, eite'jis^available instosSA , immediate vicinity." - BU-HHu, ttM|, Tho war rumpurshaveg.ej,Mi»j«_! to the Volunteers in __toj™» ' hoim rifles are now at foil #Wjj ; there are numerous;ajpOT_"t"_* Great success has attendee, eMj form a cavalry troop, forty 'MiW applied, andrecruittDgiiiß^ffilJ 1 full number will he obtained Y&y« ' There is also on foot amtrvefflW»» lish a battery of artillery. Hflgl