THE MIDLAND RAILWAY COMMISSION.
Mil BACK RESIGNS HIS SEAT.
irEESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, February 11. At this morning's meeting of the Midland Railway Commission, Mr Back announced that he had resigned his seat on the Commission. He explained that his leave of absence from Tusmania- expired during the present month, and as h; found that the Commission would be sitting in Mardi and part of April, ho had deemed it necessary to send in his resignation. Mr Diilston, formerly General Manager of the Midland Railway" Company, produced two returns showing the sums which had reached the Receiver and the Company from salis of land grunted to the Company by tiit: Crown. The total amount was £312,125 for 375,692 i aurett. The area remaining unsold totalled acres in the Westland mid Canterbury, districts. The Commission will sit again to-morrow to receive further returns prepared by the Public Works and Railway Departments, ami will leave on Wednesday for Nelson, whence they will proceed to make an inspection id the Hclgrovo-Motupiko section ot' t'te r.iilwav.
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Press, Volume LVIII, Issue 10887, 12 February 1901, Page 6
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