JOTTINGS FROM WANGANUI.
(Bγ Teleeraph— Special Correspondent.! Wanganui, September 26. Following the example of the Aramqho folk, St. John's Hill residents are moving in the direction of having the tramways extended to their suburb. A well-attended meeting was held "on the Hill" last evening, when the tramways engineer presented a report on the subject, estimating the cost of t'lio installation at JD12,"00, and tlio yearly running cestfora half-hour service at =£1915. After full discussion a committoo was set up to interview the Borough Council and to take such steps as might bo necessary in the. matter.
The Tramway Committee set up by Aramoho residents mot the Borough Council's Tramway Committee to-day, and di.scuxwl the matter o,f providing ;i railway crossing-keeper at Aramoho.' It iras rctolvcd to write to tLo Minister for Kailways urgiup on him the unfairness of the Department in saddling the borough with the whole, cos-t of maintaining a keeper at tho orossin;;.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1243, 27 September 1911, Page 8
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155JOTTINGS FROM WANGANUI. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1243, 27 September 1911, Page 8
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