NAVAL AND MILITARY.
The only man-of-war on this station is the Httrrie*, 17 guns, Commander Sullivan,whicharrivedinthe Manukau on Thursday, from Ly ttelton, bringing with her the small paddle-steamer Avon, b6Vgf&j[pr the Colonial Government. The Avon is intended, it is. said, for thie Waika,tp river. H.M.S. tain Ca,tor, was under orders to sail from Hobarit Town for England at the latest dates. The main body of the military are still camped at Otahuhu, and in garrison, in Auckland. A large detachment from each corps is at Point Chevalier, a few utiles north of Auckland, on the W familiarising themselves vrith the, we of thpiifle. The arrangements aresych that all the troops, here will be under canvas at Point Chevalier for a portion of the year. There are men at the front engaged on the roads, which will be flinriljr completed to theWaikato river before the season expires. The health of the troops is good.—lbid.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1055, 20 December 1862, Page 3
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153NAVAL AND MILITARY. Lyttelton Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1055, 20 December 1862, Page 3
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