POLITICAL GOSSIP.
Prom our Wellington Correspondent. Wednesday Night. RAILWAY WORKS. Votes arc passed for railway works as follow : Carlyle to Waitara £191),000 Wellington to Foxton... ... 36,000 Foxton to New Plymouth ... 117,000 Wellington to Woodvillo ... 122,000 Wellington to Napier 37,000 Kawa Kawa 47,000 Whangarci to Kawa Kawa ... 49,000 Kaipa - a to Waikato 131,000 Waikato to Thames ... ... 99,000 Wellington to Napier 37,000 Nelson to Groymouth... ... 13,500 Greyrnouth to Nelson... ... 70,500 Grcymonth to Hokitika ... 7,000 Westport to Ngakawa ... 7,000 Pieton to Hurunui ... ... 110,000 Hurunui to Waitaki 178,000 Canterbury interior main line... 16,500 Mr Pyke’s amendment condemnatory of the llailway Commissioners’ report was negatived after a severe debate, the division being 30 against 15. TARANAKI HARBOR. In the .Legislative Council, Mr Waterhouse intends to move, “ That the Harbour Board refund the sum of £4,000 illegally expended, and that the members of the Board be made individually liable if the harbor funds are not equal to the demand.”
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Patea Mail, 19 August 1880, Page 3
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