Steam Barges foe Waikato.— We learn that Mr. Stuart, C. E,, who was commissioned to proceed to Sydney by the General Government, and superintend the construction of two steam barges for the Waikato, has completed arrangements with Messrs, P. N. Russell and Co., engineers, Sydney, for the work. They will be ready In about sis weeks. Each barge will be propelled by an engine of about 30 horse-power, and a stern •wheel. Their dimensions are to be 80 feet by 20 feet. The largest will have a draught of eighteen inches, with no men on board. They will be ■taken over to the Waikato in sections, and put together on that river. — Southern, Cross. Sheep Shearing.— Hori NiaNia, of Waipukurau,. has written the editor of the " Waka Maori " to the effect that he sets the runanga at defiance, and is prepared to shear at a moderate rate. Toha. of Wairoa, has also written to say that the yield of lambs from his owu flock this jrear has been 350.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 7, Issue 433, 31 October 1863, Page 3
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