Thb sub-contractor for the Waipori sludge channel took the work some £ISOO less than the original contractors.—' Tuapeka Times.' Such is the scarcity of labor in the Tuapeka district that,, at Waipori recently, 200 pick and shovel men. were advertised for in connection with the Drainage 'Channel, and on the morning decided upon by the contractor for meeting those desirous of being* employed, only, one.solitary miner appeared, on ■the ground. '. ; ■Thjb ' Dnnstan Times.* of Friday a s'ubrleadetf, suggests to the Municipal body of ; that townj the desirability of taking measures to-procure the erection of Immigration. Bar-; lacks in that town, or somewhere -adjacent on: . the grounds. TJhafy. as;a central up'-c juntry'r pooitiun, the t6*u of Clyde has no equal. I' reply to a communication ' frc-m his <Wov~ship t)i«(.;Major, Mr. Horace Bastingp, Gpli- ' fields Sfftret-ary, has signified :iis intention to 'visit on.Thuredaj the9tii.of A.pril, on; which.occasion, we believe, the'foundationsrone of the new Town Hnll v - ut present in , course of wnstructipn -hi- Ltveri-sti-eet, will be Jaid. '•'■■'■■
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 264, 28 March 1874, Page 3
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165Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 264, 28 March 1874, Page 3
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