Tub Welliugtou-Mptorton railway continues to bold front rank for a steady increase of traffic, The returns for tho four weeks ending July 18 show that there were 16,507 passengers carried, as compared with 13,874 during the corresponding period last year, The number of parcels was 2001, of goods by number, 11,417, and of goods by ton, 3858, The revonue was £4398, as compared with £3764, When it is considered that there has been a heavy falling off on neatly every other line in the colony, this is highly satisfactory, as it indicates that the district is making satisfactory progress.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2076, 24 August 1885, Page 2
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