ROXBURGH RAILWAY.
. .(BY. TELEOaAPII—SPECIAL. CORRESPONDENT.) *I • .. .. t Dunetiin, April 24. ... It is_ said_,that tho resourccs'of tho com- ' pany£ that .is; being =:promoted to 'guarantee' the .Government 3 per cent, on ■ the cost of building .the : Roxburgh railway .is now assured.City men are responding, to the invitation to participate, and the country folk ' are prepared, if necessary; to subscribe, the whole capital of £8400. i v ! 1 : :(BY TF.LEGE4PH—rttF.S3 ASSOCIATION.) „ „ . punatlin, April 24. : j /Speaking at Roxburgh last night in con- ; nection with the stoppago of the LawroncoHoxburgh railway, Mr. J.: Allen,' M.IV stated ! that/ 31r. Roberts, owner .. of : tho Toviot-Estate, -decided to subdivide it into 500 aero farius, reserving 1000 acres for a •homestead. ;"-;Thp meeting, decided to collect : statistics to. provo to Cabinet that tho rail- : way would pay if constructed in a business- iliko manner. ■ .;v . j!
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 491, 26 April 1909, Page 7
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