PARLIAMENTARY.
Wellington, August 13. Papers relative to the Mataura and Invercargill Railway show that Forest & Company and Proudfoot, the Victorian Contractors, offered to construct 200 miles of railway BnDually at 12§ per cent, below the Engineer's, estimate, and to deposit 2£ per cent, security, receiving progress payments upon the completion of each ten miles. this, the Invercargill and Mataura Railway Contract, has been given to Brogden & Co. above the ITntcineer's estimate. The matter wiU'eome before the House.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 192, 13 August 1872, Page 2
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77PARLIAMENTARY. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 192, 13 August 1872, Page 2
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