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,' (From' Our; Special Correspondent.}"! -. Wangnnui, February 14. ,; .At •; meeting of - the - Goriyille-Castle-cliff Tramway' Board,' held ..on' Saturday evening,- itr. was unanimously .: decided/to', confirm: the. board's, previous, deoiijipn 'to accept ;,the .Borough,, Council's; pfferiv.of: 'electric ' po.w'er supply, at 9Jd.per:' car mile ; on, condition':, that :60-scat be run, and that tho board ,bo ailoived to 'proyide,: trailers, at itS : bwh,,bii>ansb,. for-.thrctigh'.t.faflic oh the bprough/trabk.! Tho Borough .Council'is.to ,bo given the right'to tako/,over 'the : board's:, trams within seven years on , tcrmsy to/be-'ar-ranged; ; and .'an endeavour is,,to;be made to induce, the' council to agree to make connection, between the borough and: the Gonville %stems/viai tho Ridgway. Street route. Tho chairman- of the' boafd: (Mr. .Bignell) states-a/lbah; of>62s,ooo'is ample , the/board's; requirements. ,'-,\He' anticipates , a/ sinall/loss; for , a /couple of years (involving a .email -rate),- after which he feels confident that the trams will pay. Tho board's engineer (Mr. Creagh) has beeii-V'instructed:-'tb !ihake, -!a start at once with survey and plans, .v, 1 :, /Messrs;- Russell and; Bignell,. tho contractors ' for tho ' restoration'/b'f . the 're-cently-burned:, portion/' of'. the ..' .Rutland Hotel, raade a with the work to-day.