THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.
SEIZED BY THE GOVERNMENT
[Per Press Association.] GBEYMOUTH, May 26.
On Saturday afternoon Mr Thompson, resident engineer, acting under instructions from the Government, proceeded to Stillwater, accompanied by Mr Blow, Undersecretary for Publio Works, Mr Gully, Crown solicitor, Mr Mclntosh, railway manager, and Mr Hannan, Crown prosecutor, and took formal possession of the Midland Railway Hoe and plant, mainly on the ground of the unreasonable or inexcusable delay in the completion of work, and breach of contract. Mr Thomson drove a peg marked with a broad arrow in the railway Hoe, declaring at tbe came time that the property beoame vested in the Government. -.^"^ The running of tbe trains on the line will be exactly bb heretofore. Application has been made to Mr Eobert Wilson for all plans, specifications, and documents oonneoted with (he Midlandlrailway lines, and if these are given- over •re~ir tq*B«raHyunderstood tbe extension of tbs Christ* church line will be proceeded with at once by the Government.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 3031, 27 May 1895, Page 2
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163THE MIDLAND RAILWAY. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 3031, 27 May 1895, Page 2
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