SPEECH BY THE PREMIER.
(Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, April Speaking at a presentation to Mr Feterkin, late locomotive engineer of the Wellington District Railways, who is retiring from the service, the premier paid at the end of the linanelal year the Customs exceeded the estimate by £20,000. although the returns were not yet complete. Ho could say with confidence that the surplus lor the year would be over £500,000. He favoured classification and superannuation schemes for the Civil Service. Regarding tne North Island Trunk .Railway the Premier said he felt he would not be keeping faith unless the Trunk Lina was completed by the end of 1908.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 791, 6 April 1905, Page 3
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107SPEECH BY THE PREMIER. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 791, 6 April 1905, Page 3
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