TIT li~ PROPOSED ~NORTII ISLAND RAILWAYS.

Manawatu Herald, 20 September 1878, Page 4

TIT li~ PROPOSED ~NORTII ISLAND RAILWAYS.

r ♦ At a meeting at the Thames rev cently, Mr James Mack ay gavo some interesting information on the subject of railway routes in the North Island. Ho said : — As ngenfc for the Government at Waikato, in 1873 and 1875, he had been engaged with several Government engineers and surveyors in exploring the country southward of "Waikato, with the object of finding .a practicable route to join the nearest point of either the East Coast line from Wellington to Napier, or that from Wellington to Taranaki via West Coast. Their attention was first directed to the line from Waikato (say from Ohaupo) via Tokan* gamutu and Mokau to Taranaki. Owing to the native difficulty, it was found impossible to explore the country throughout, but he could speak from his own knowledge there would be.no engineering obstacles of importance in constructing a line from Ohaupo to Te Uira (four miles jyjstof Tokaugamutu), or from that point. The exline would from the of the

spectator, who had entered the stable to see the man-eater die, five large pistol balls were shot into his head directly between his eyes. They failed to bring him down, and with a j fierce scream he made frantic efforts I to gefe over the manger among the ! bystanders. Dv Schultz at this moment, by a skilful thrust of along knife, cut the jugular vein, and Risingham at last, after tottering under the flow of blood, fell in his stall^ to rise no more. The ruling passion was " strong in doath," for his last movement was an attempt to seize Dv Schultz with his teeth when that gentleman imprudently entered the stall. ____