DEFENCE

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 115, 23 May 1885, Page 4

DEFENCE

r;™ rt? ; M t f OW dan th ' Minuta- bos received offers 0 , ."*•«»'•-.,. The medical students at n arranging to form an omLi Dedin to open to all members of th^TT^** 6 <*4? The Militia returns for o^ mTerßity--7000 available. Of aZ &>* *« nrbs supply 23G5, and PoTf r,? and «ub TaeirUUO, Oainaru 727 Chaln w»8 280 • The manufacture of' carti-w big gune is now in proerees t ges fot the ofthoAX;.forceanst w Bofra8 ofram t T B rmbß« being engaged in this work 6Atni°iiry Major Cautley's term of «««,- Government of New Zealand £ th(l and he a now succeeded by > ham, who has arrived from T pteui WThe Defence MtaUte£7^. accept the sorvices of a large TnZh m*° nd cavalry corps on the f rounfe'^e • stock of arms in stocks H** *• - equal to unning those corps^iS *nd **. ■ irerequthem. i" wmen Urgently Captain Wildman, of th« Ti, Artillery has received iiJS Na^ DefenceDepartmenttOßelectlol rmth» : company for inetructian htSS?*** and sub-marine warfare aC°P r«K« probably be Bent to Auckland for t«M M" : The Government propose, *> operation of the medical pS 9 ? e * organise an effective ambuC* °°n> te each chief centre of populati™ ]>*8t '■"■■'■ hoped that the ladies will ,?„'Mditl» ■ form a Red Cross Society OpMßt« »"<l His Excellency the Governor hasmW v ' ' the Secretary for War requS^'o supply of one million cartridges I1 *1 a'" araiß be sent without dX 8 t T all ■ are being made throughout HowjS,** ' as to facilities for manu%cta r u7caS lld in the colony. ™B°«Wdgei. It has been resolved to form aM n »..' Infantry Corpsand Rifle Cor™ atlfr* Canterbury. There are 977 on tiTSS?"I' ' Roll for Christchurch; St Albl Sydenham, 014 ; and in a radit of 8$! fromthenentreoftheelty.raa Amongst the passengers b y tim ft."""'? Mont s.s. Hinemoa wlich arrved »TT ' Manukau on Sunday, May 17 l er «M^ Cautloy, Major Bodham and nf!? M Douglaiß.Nl These offi'cewiavS" uponbus.nes S inconneo««nwiththede2 . of Aucklond harbour. Maior f'»T inspected the defence works, and we S*7stand that he is well satisfied withft' : gress that has been madesince hisCtS to this city. "w'rait , The undermentioned appointment. !„ tu . • New Zealand^ Militia are Sj,nthe Bieyet-Major Charles Stapp, tobgLfeJr : ant-Colonel; Major Albert: Pitt NelT," land Volunteers, to be Lieutenant-Cotai Captain Walter Edward Gudgeon <S • • Major from 20th April; Stuart Wu be Major from 21st April; gSwTB& t Gordon, to be Major from 21st Anril-S tain William Holden Webb to b B M » ' from 21st April. ' "8 MaJ(*:> , The military enthusiasm prevnte fa ? Auckland burns not less steadily sHi Thames, though there is less oc4 on fo ■ ' its display. The two Volunteer comMfcl a have been rocruited to their mS strength, and the Rifle Rangers hwt£ phed to Government to increwe »■ numbei-H to 100 or 150 men. The nutiven who boasted a fine body of Vblirateto previous to the Bryce regime, ara^tcS' the progress of defensive moveinenta tHffi :i----great interest, and have expressed a deiirs ' to again enrol themselves in the service op" ■ the country. The militia rolls are i£ course'of preparation, and about 450 mon of the first class will be available for-' service in case of necessity. «'. A few days ago we mentioned that Hii Excellency the Governor had been makiim inquiries regarding tho coal afloat in iuck---land harbour and in the other leading porto of tho colony. It now t tranapireS that the cause of those inquiries was an inrtrae- - tion from the Imperial authorities, who propose establishing^ coal depot for ?,000 tons at Penrose. Already orders have bwi received by the Collector of Customs to have 100 tons sent to Penroae. and to Btei 500 tons on a hulk in the harbour, ' Mr Thomas Hill, the Collector of Gmtpmj ■ has given an order for 1500 tons-half (ij amount required —to the Bay of" lala&d Coal Company, and thai corporation ■ hi. already commenced to Bend their "bladU. dinraonilrt" to the Penrote depot. Ac, W sides this order, the Company" ha» itmstial coal supply for steamers to keep up,itii oxpocted that it will take fully oii weeb bofore all the noal is at the * depot. Nothing is known in town as to where the other 1,500 tons is to come from ; iioes of thu other local companies have receives in"; > ' order. It is surmised that the coal will be" supplied from Newcastle or Greymouth, • Colonol the Hon. Sir George. JJ. Whitmore has just concluded, on beialf ol the Government, a contract with Capteis Whitney, of this city, forthe manafactore of 500,000 rounds of Snider ammunition, " Yes," said Sir George, in' reply to tho query of our representative,• "tie,,' Government has just concluded a contact: for tho manufacture of Snidor ball amman!-:' tion. Tho arrangement has been maSe' ' with Mr Whitney, Captain of the Auck- ' land Garrison Artillery, who is able to supply cartridges of muntz metal, and of ' nti excellent type. Ho has people in Misemploy acquainted with the manufactnreol ■ V ammunition. Tho contract just concluded ■ is for tho manufacture of 500,000 round!, and the price is not a very serious advance . on tho cost of tho imported article; Tho contract with the Government i« fa the spaco of three years—that is tin Government bind themselves to purehsse riflo anvminition only from the contractor! The arrangement is only just to the con- ; tractors, who will require to inwefc COS' t siderable capital in plant, etc. Thegwafer portion of the machinery for the maim* .„ factory will be made in the colony, it being the intention of the1 promote; to^ ' encourago local industry as muchMPM' siblo. The consumption of snider toll ammunition in tho colony for Volunteers for practice is 1,000,000 rounds. It tended to usepowdormanufaoturedatDM6- f din Powder Mill. There are many W"monials to the excellence of this powder, and should it prove as good as represented, the Cartridge Company Will übb many thonand pounds weight of it yearly;