THE NEW REGIME.
WELLINGTON MILITAKV DISTRICT. The Wellington Military District comprises Tar.iiiaki. Hnwlcj's Bny,'t!:e Wairarapn, Mamwvatu, and Wellington, and it will easily he wen I hat !!io establishment of the headquarters R•- I'almorston Xorlb (reported yesterday) places the administration in the centre, of Hip «el>, so to speak. Siieodii'i , communication with nil parts will result, and it will enable the officer in chiirßO, Lieut.-Colonel Cliaytor, to work his districts without loss of time. It- removes the headquarters away from I'ie iwiiusHi-i- to an oneniy in the event 01' war, while Paliucrs'.on is directly on (ho jmiction of the railways, ns for ;'.ll sweilv purpo-i'S the Jfimiitaka line win only be viewed as i>. slaml-by. In Hie case of Cliristdiurch and Duneilin, the district olliuep are fiiirly well centred, and a rooil nimniand of the lailway network is pns-so>-.ml.
Tin' Wellinclnn command' consist'; of four battalions of infantry mid thrro regiments of mounted infantry. There nro also artillery commands (it Wellington and Napier."
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1070, 8 March 1911, Page 4
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162THE NEW REGIME. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1070, 8 March 1911, Page 4
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