THE SLUDGE-CHANNEL.
£tO THE EDITOR.] - o •'■ ' Sir—lt is a well-known fact that the first section of ike Kamara slndgechannel Without the second On'e (for which the contract has been taken)\wil'l be an unremunerative "to the Government, and at the aame.fcimo of little benefit to the mining community. How is it that the construction, of the second section is not proceeded with 1 Weeks have ensued sincu the contract was signed, and yet there la not the least evidence of the contractor commencing operations. If the business people were alive to their oWu interests (\Vhich I presume are identical with those of the mining population,) they would agitate in this matter by a public meeting 1 , cfv whatever other form is considered desi'rab'le under the. circumstances, as the ill effects of this delay will be felt sOorier than is at..present apparent t 6 the uninitiated. Trusting you will take the matter tip in yoryr colamns in a more trenchant niaunerr than my pen is capable of advocating.—I am, sir, Otfk iNTERESTEiI. Dill man's Town, 'January 4, 1881.
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Kumara Times, Issue 1330, 5 January 1881, Page 2
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176THE SLUDGE-CHANNEL. Kumara Times, Issue 1330, 5 January 1881, Page 2
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