Wellington-Manawatu Railway
Nearly the whole of tbe slips along the Wellington and Manawatn Railway Company's line between town and Johnsonville have now been removed, and the platelaying is almost completed as far as the latter point. It is not intended; however, to open np the line for trai_.c : to Johnsonville at present hut the formation being nearly complete as ~ far as Pars.matta, 16 miles frpm town, eye*ry effoi*twill be ma^de to ptish on 'the -6__j-»Mion oi , the permanent way for that <n_tance,. so as. to t enable ytfaffo tof J lie* commenced some time 1 m &^r¥L iJ nextCobb and Co. are erecting '-tables at Paramatta, and their. West,. Coast coaches will only run '_roi_. r: ___d to Paramatta when' the railway fs able to connect with them. The passenger carriages for . ''tase on T the )j fine are expected here' next inohtii by thft Kenttworth, fropi. ,New * York They are of American workmanship and design. and are said ;t<^ be of a very superior character. ' Each carriage will accommodate 50 passengers, and they- r are all ' ihoju^ed on bogie trucks.' Even the second-class carriages are . comfortably '; cushioned and upholstered. ' li .' ; ; ! '
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 93, 20 January 1885, Page 2
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191Wellington-Manawatu Railway Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 93, 20 January 1885, Page 2
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