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Evening Star, Issue 3944, 15 October 1875, Page 2

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

New Plymouth. Got ber 14. ihe Waitava and New I’lyn outh railway was opem-d to-day. Miss Caniugton christened u the Pox line. The first tram started at 9.15, taking ammt one hundred persona. Un arrival at vVaitara, the Deputy ■iupe. iiitendent dedared the railway open, and in his speech -poke eloquently on the benefits to be derived • roKi the Public Works policy of Sir >), Vogel, The train then took the party b *ck to town, today was proclaimed a public holiday, and trains ran free during the day. The first free train took 401) to WaitarA, Messrs Brogden give a bull this evening, to which a large number of persons were mvited. All public offices are closed, except the post and telegraph offices. Invercargill, October 14. The Local Board of Health ;< et ■ to-day to consider a letter from one of the medical men to the effect that there were six children in one family suffering from scArlet fever. The family in question number fourteen, and occupy « small house near a quantity of stagnant water. The Board resolved to cle nse and quarantine the bouse, and take other precautions. 'J he case was formally rcpoited as progressing favorably.

{From our own Correspondent )*

Lawrence, October 15. The railway works are now prog’ easing wry favorably between Lawrence and Milton, de.-srs Morrison and Nicoll have got well through the broken, ground at the commencement of tho Bound Hill Tunnel I, which re*

gambles that of the Chain Hills. Their difficulties Cave been immense, and timber considered strong enough to bear any weight has been snapped like a carrot. The entrance is now secured with solid masonry, and no further danger being anticipated the woiks will proceed rapidly ’The earthworks on this contract are ready for ballasting, which will bs commenced next week. Messrs Smyth's contract-is also progressing, tho Glniore tunnel being pierced two-thirds of the distance, or fourteen chains. There are no tidings of Duncan Campbell, and it is now considered certain that he is drowned. 12X> p.m. Information has just been received tint thsides of the Hound tliil tunnel are caving in, owing to a land slip Tho ‘ Star ’ now arrives in Lawrence on the same day as it is published.