POST AND RAILS.
By Telograph.—Press Association. Wellington, last night. On Saturday Mr Ward went to Eketahuna to open the new post offico. In his speech he stated that in 1876 there wero 61 post offices in Wellington and Wanganui
districts, and in 1899 the number was 254. Referring to the requirements of the districts north of Rimutaka, he stated that after next month the extra five miles in railway charges now imposed by reason of the difficulty of getting trains over the incline would be abolished. During last year those extra charges totalled ,£7OOO.
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Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 64, 18 March 1901, Page 3
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