INSANITARY WELLINGTON.
FORCED TO ACTION.
(BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
Wellington, this day. Thk City Council intend to get a Bill introduced this session enabling them to float a loan for sanitary purposes to the extent of £7,500 without the consent of the ratepayers. New drainage works are to be undertaken which will necessitate an increase of the overdraft. The prevalence of typhoid fever has caused considerable alarm. The Council have also decided to sell certain blocks of reclaimed land in preference to leasing them. Tho Governor is not going to Christchurchj as stated in one of the local papers.
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Auckland Star, Volume XX, Issue 177, 27 July 1889, Page 8
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