LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS.
[by telegraph.—press association.] Wellington, Wednesday. CosiPETiTnN at the Crown Lands sale this week has been very keen, and the sale has been one of the best ever held in this provincial district. There were 332 applications for 75 selections; the area sold was 20,547 acres; and the capital value was £21,070. A largo number of reductions are: being made in the Public Works Department. At present the permanent officers number about 120, and it is expected that by the end of the year this number will be reduced by 40. The electric lighting contract between the City Council and the Gulcher Company will, according to the Mayor's explanation, provide at a cost of £1075 per annum for services which now cost £1700, while it will increase the number of lamps from 200, lit for five hours per night, to 500, burning from dusk to daylight.
It is understood that the appointment of inspector of material for tho colony at Home will be offered to Mr Blackett, Engineer-in-Chief, Auckland.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2540, 20 October 1888, Page 2
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171LATEST WELLINGTON NEWS. Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2540, 20 October 1888, Page 2
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