Wellington-Manawatu Railway.
i (Post.) \ Nearly the whole* .of the slips alone i the Wellington and Manawattu Railway ' Company's Hue between town and, John i Bonville'-havo been Tem'oved, and ! the platelaying is almost completed as i far as the. latter point. It is not inten- > ded, however, to dpen up the. line for i traffic to Johnsonville at present, but the . I £oT?ma,tf6ri :'being nearly ' Complete ok far ' as Patauiattaj 16 miles fromitownj every I effort will be m ado to push on the coin* ■ ipletion of tho permanent [way; for that {distance, so as to enable traffic to be jconunenced Home time m. April , next. i Cdjtijb and ! .fib. are e'rectihg siables iat i PWramfiUafand their Weßt Cb'asltcoaclies will' dMly run from : and "to Parramatta - ; : when. thtf railway is ableto dotiriect witbr ithem. j ThQ.pftßßenger ; carriages for ;use ' on i^ljc live; are expeetediierp ne^t,monthi by the, ,, from New York;. direct. They ■ are of Americau workimanship and design, and are saiiitp be of a very superior' character. Each' car-. .Wage' will accommodate 50 ; passengers, ' ;aud they are -alii mounted 1 6tt- 'bbglis trucks. Even the second-class carriages are, comfortably cushioned, and: ,uphol- ; ;stered".'
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 41, 19 January 1885, Page 2
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192Wellington-Manawatu Railway. Manawatu Standard, Volume IX, Issue 41, 19 January 1885, Page 2
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