AUSTRALIAN.
Melbourne, August 9
The tender of Tophani and Smith, of New Zealand, which was declared the lowest for the Queenscliff railway (£59,000), was not accepted.
Messrs Burns, Morgan, and Berry meet on Tuesday, finally to settle the details of the cable contract.
At a meeting of the Hobson's Bay Compauy to-day, it was decided to sell the property to the Government. A bill will be pnssed through Parliament at once. The railway is now considered to belong to the Government.
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2960, 10 August 1878, Page 2
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81AUSTRALIAN. Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2960, 10 August 1878, Page 2
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