THE POWERS NEED NOT WORRY.
Sydney, November 17.
The Atlas Engineering Company has completed an order for fivo cannon for Kiug George of Tonga.
Ilis Majesty’s object in increasing his armament is strictly pacific. Up to the present the Tongan arsenal is not supplied with the means of replying to the salutes of visiting vessels, and the King, desiring to establish his dignity on a proper footing, has ordered new guns for saluting purposes. They are of tho old-fashioned, smooth-bore type, weighing, with the carriage, half a ton, and costing £SO each.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1290, 19 November 1896, Page 21
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