PROVINCIAL NEWS
[UNITED PRESS ASSnfUATION.I FIRST CONTRACT FOR THE MIDLAND RAILWAY LET. Christchurch, July 14. To-day Mr C. C. Bowen received a telegram giving definite information that the first contract for the Midland Railway had been let, ihe contractors being Messrs M'Kcone and Robinson. The section taken up is most probably that from Reefton toßrunnerton. This is inferred from the previous communications received by Mr Bowen. The exact amount of the contract is not stated. It is stated that Messrs M'Keone and Robinson, the contractors mentioned above, are both practical engineers, of good standing in their profession, and well known in engineering circles in London. Their firm, having offices in Westminster Chambers, London, is a well-established and thoroughly reliable one and has been engaged during the past ten or twelve years in the construction of railways in Ireland, Sweden, Norway, and in various works on the English lines.
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Kumara Times, Issue 3028, 17 July 1886, Page 2
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