INTERPROVINCIAL NEWS
«.- . - [per united press association."} Auckland, February 25. Lewis, the hangman, is reported to have left f,or Sydney, baring receired £40 for his sefrices at the double execution. The gallows was shipped back, to Wellington yesterday. Urquhart and pnrty, who for iome weeks hare sluicin* on the beiich o itside Wangarei Heads, haye obtained sufficient gold to sire them an arerage return of £1 per man per day for th«ir tabor. Wklmngton, February 25. The Wellinutem Ment Export Company, Limited, has reso'red to increase its capital to LID.OOO. 2900 shares out of 3000 have been already guaranteed There will have to be three costly riaducts on the Northern Trunk Line, one of which is in the Wattuti contraot i just let at the northern, end. This and another in the southern portion will cost about L 30.000 each. The thir i in the centre will run some LIOOO more, the three representing ab ut L 1.000.000.
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Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 99, 26 February 1887, Page 2
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