MEETING OF CABINET.
Cabinet mot yostorday and transacted a considerable quantity of general business. Among matters of general interest was tho authorisation of further expenditure oil various lines of railway all'over.tho Dominion. Tho caso of JOdward Miirtagh, joclcjiy, who was sentenced 011 November 25 of last year nt Wellington to eighteen "months' imprisonment for severely wounding an infant with a razor, was beforo Cabinet, and it was. decided that tho scntenco should bo carried out. "" Tho lowest tender, that of Mr. W. Banks at £1088, was accepted for tho erection of tho iiiinbolton post-olhco. Authorisation was given; for a now' submarine cablo to bo obtained and rctaiin!d in stock. Tho connections that., arc being carried out to Stephen Island,. D'Urvillo Island, and Centre Island will practically absorb tho present cablo in stool;, and a new ono is required to tako its placo.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 108, 30 January 1908, Page 5
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142MEETING OF CABINET. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 108, 30 January 1908, Page 5
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