VICTORIAN SHOW.
<{(by electric telbgbaph. — copybight.) ( renter's telegram 8.) Melbourne. NoveraJv-r 3. . At the prorogation of (the TvlctoriauJ Parliament to-day, the Governor's speech statecLthas the railways of this colony have" grown into a gigantic system, the annual receipts being two, millions sterling, and the" '"''actual' ''ex- 1 ' pendittire one million tor management". 176 miles have been opened- during the past twelve months, making a total of 1500 open for traffic,?' An additional I ' 193 .miles are beingjcohstriicted rapidly. It is estimated that -, the ; revenue for the current year ending' 30th June ! next will exceed that of the past year by fully £100*000, Judging by tbri favourable prospects' of' the pastoral and agricultural season. - f , , • . ..---
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 290, 12 November 1883, Page 2
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