NEW ZEALAND.
Tpbb press association.} ■ WELLINGTON, February 22. Railway Contract The contract between the Government and the Wellington-Manawatu Railway Company hag now been finally approved by all parties, and will be farwarded to Christchurch by the firat mail for the Governor’s signature. GISBORNE, February 22. PresentationOn Saturday evening last Mr M. J. Gannon, one of the defeated candidates in late election for a representative of the East Coast district in Parliament, was entertained at a public dinner by his friends and sup porters. During the evening a gold watch was presented to him by his supporters to show their appreciation of his exertions in advocating the wants of the district and the reforms so urgently required in the Native land laws. WELLINGTON, February 22. TendersThe following tenders have been received for the Puerua contract No. 1, on theOatlin’s river branch of the Waitaki-Bluff railway : Accepted—George Frazer, Berwick, £5230. Declined £5759 j Davidson and Conyers, Dunedin, £5915 ; Richard Muokie, Balclutha, £5927 ; George Bain, Balclutha, £6167 ; H. Whitaker, Dunedin, £6253 ; Findlay and Co., Dunedin, £6716 ; M. Hialop, Dunedin, £6774; D. McIntyre, Dunedin, £7208; H. Shepherd, South Bakaia, £7315.
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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2459, 22 February 1882, Page 3
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186NEW ZEALAND. Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2459, 22 February 1882, Page 3
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