The Waimea Plains Railway.
Inyercargill, ApriLi.i.. , The Clianjlvbr'of^'Goh'tttierceliad under •'donskterabibn. tb-tliay the petition : oif • 7fo\ settlers, praying 'tEie'.G/bamber to use its; influence to get the Government to; purchase the Waimea Plains -Kail way. ; After a long discussion the subject was referred to a committee for a report. -..■ ;/{7v->_;-yv 2. :U/ i Tfc.rV) ! Inyeicargill, Water, SupplyInveecargill,' April 4. The pressure of the ; w,ater. /supply at the railway 'station. was* tested to— day before Jhe -T^e I wateji^ O i ored in a; tebiHtOfi/faiid fch« i ground level, arid, jy fair pressure was obtained. ' ! 'The subject ii^oi great importance to the town,, as an idea exists I that, some such system of water supply ! would. <..b,§ pfoi £h,sa|>£Bt; fi>.(';th:e Gtflvjjb •town. The weli from which the,'S<fa- • t|on is mipp^ed ji? ai.t^j-tesi^nqone', and ,the water rises to "within a few ifeet of the surface i'ltem if <fepth of 90(t.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 112, 7 April 1884, Page 2
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146The Waimea Plains Railway. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 112, 7 April 1884, Page 2
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