WELLINGTON NEWS.
(BY TELEGRAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Wellington, Last Nigh*-. Thk committee of the Cricket Association met this afternoon and decided not to send a cricket team to Auckland next Sunday.
Iα answer to the allegations of the undue profit to contractors under the cooperative system the Public Works Department state that no contract has been let to any one man ; all are let to gangs one member of which is selected aa head man to deal with the department, but all are on an equal footine. The employment of wages men is not allowed under any circumstances on the Eketahunu section which in regarded as typical for earthwork, the prices for which r.ingo from Is to Is -Id per cubic yard, other rates proportionate.
Tho following customs officers resign on pensions on March 31st: — J. Robertson, landing waiter, Dunedin ; Jackman, gauRur for the colony, and the following collectors, P.ittpn, Napier ; Lundon, Wanganiii; Rogers, Westport; Moon, Hokotika ; and Rich, Tiinurn.
There were 193 dogs exhibited in the Show to-day.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3052, 6 February 1892, Page 2
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167WELLINGTON NEWS. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3052, 6 February 1892, Page 2
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