It was Btated some days ago, save the Inangahua Herald, that the prospects of the Low Level Tnnnel Company would have that !fc will be laid before the public on Wednesday. We are informed that the publw is responding to the solicitation to take up shares in the enterprise. The GoZ!?w aVG D ? ad - e l it a condition that no material shall bo deposited in the Tnangahua nver; and consequently it will be found necessary to fix the site for the P j *°L the t . Unnel some 90 feefc above the T herever P'Mtioable, WW feet of ground has been reserved on each side of the proposed tunnel for the company but where the tunnel wi>l pass through, or adjacent to existing leaseholds, the allotted ground will have to be taken up a, near as practicable. The (.'overnment, in addition to the bonus of land, offer an additional bonus in the shape of a subsidy of LI for every Ll contributed by the public, so that w^f 61 "^ 6^ Bentß 8entß considerable advanh«/S areh 1 older f' All this . n ° fl °«bt, will be fully enlarged npon in the prospectus which is promised at an early date. .."1? Lords of th e Admiralty puroose instituting a thorough and Bcien&S sSvey o the coast line .islands, and outlying re 4 AnJLfe W6S ? m u C ° aßt 1 ° f the Continent of Australia and have despatched a larae schooner, fitted with all necessary appliances Seem™ 8 °° b ° ard a afca ff of billed The good people of Nelson seem to value the services of the pastor of one of their churches very cheaply, as the other Sunday the only contribution to the offertory was a bone sixpence;"
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Kumara Times, Issue 1110, 21 April 1880, Page 4
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