DEFENCE OF AUCKLAND.
AUCKI AND, Jtoe 20.
It is reported that the Defence authorities are considering the advisability of placing a heavy gun on the summit of. Rangitoto Island, which commands the entrance to the port, in order to prevent the poe ibilitv of an enemy planting a gun there. 1116 island is over 900 ft elevation, and the battery would be the highest in the colony. _____________
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Evening Star, Issue 11609, 20 June 1902, Page 6
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67DEFENCE OF AUCKLAND. Evening Star, Issue 11609, 20 June 1902, Page 6
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