Retrenchment urged in British army and armament debate
The article notes leaders favor reducing the purchase system and focusing on restraint. It praises military education improvements and training in spade-husbandry telegraphy and crafts to curb idleness among ranks. It warns army estimates and troop numbers remain high for a peace establishment and calls for continued retrenchment by War Office with taxpayer oversight in Parliament.
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War Office
House of Commons
New Zealand's Last Appeal in Colonial Debate
The Earl of Carnarvon urged keeping the 18th Regiment at Auckland to deter native disaffection while New Zealand built its own military resources. Lord Granville refused, arguing a firm, consistent policy. The Home Government would allow a reduced force to linger as a colonial nucleus under local control.
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Earl of Carnarvon
New Zealand
18Th
Auckland
Karl Granville
Home
Colonial Office
Duke of Newcastle
Sowell
Lord Granville
Te Kooti
18Th Regiment
Sx Hundred
Proposals to extend postal telegraphs to all British colonies
The piece argues for government backed expansion of telegraphic networks to the colonies through a 24000 mile submarine cable from Land's End to New Zealand. It cites past milestones in electric telegraphy, cost estimates, and potential revenue, urging imperial unity via rapid intercontinental communication.
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Singland
France
Dover
Cape Grisnez
Hagland
I*rance
England
Atlantic
Europe
America
London
Bombay
Sydney
Glasgow
Dublin
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Bermuda
Barbadoes
West India Islands
Demerara
Ascension
St. Helena
Cape of Good Hope
Natal
Mauritius
Ceylon
India
Australia
Tasmania
New Zealand
Ireland
Weebee
Shakespeare
Puck
United Kingdom
Post Office
South Sea
Franklin
Mother Country to Hear No More of New Zealand Difficulties
The passage argues settlers should manage their own affairs and protect Maori rights, implying Britain will withdraw involvement and ignore further New Zealand appeals for aid.
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New Zealand
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