CANTERBURY.
The Provincial Government have in the chest £IOO,OOO, with which it is said they do not know what to do ; having already bought up £50,000 of the Railway Debentures, it is proposed to employ a portion of the embarrassing surplus in making a second investment in the railway securities. Of the railway itself, we are told that— The Railway M orks have made steady progress during the last few months ; the total 'length of heading driven being now upwards of G3o°yards, whilst a considerable length of the tunnel at each end has been taken out to its full size. The contractors are quarrying for (he tunnel front and bridge work in Hcatbcote valley a very handsome stone, which forms a dyke four miles' in length, add which can be traced from the top of the Port hills as far northwards as the Heathcote ferry. “ Mr. Richardson, of the firm of Holmes & Co., has gone to England for the purpose of superintending the construction of the machinery ordered for boring the tunnel, and to make arrangements connected with the Railway Works. He will bring out with him, on his return, the iron work for the drawbridge over the Heathcote which has been contracted for by Messrs Holmes & Co., according to the Provincial Engineer’s designs.” The Lyttelton Times of the 18th June contains the following interesting paragrapu :—“The whole of the telegraph wire has been fixed and stretched between Christchurch and Lyttelton. It is probable that the first telegram will be despatched to-day. The opening of the first telegraph in New Zealand must bo considered an epoch in the history of the colony, and it is no small gratification that Canterbury can claim the credit of being the province to introduce this last great wonder of civilization into New Zealand. Considering the very unfavourable state of the weather for the past month, great credit is due to the contractors and Superintendent of the works for having completed the task in so short a space of time.
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume II, Issue 56, 24 July 1862, Page 5 (Supplement)
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335CANTERBURY. Hawke's Bay Times, Volume II, Issue 56, 24 July 1862, Page 5 (Supplement)
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