WANGANUI NEWS.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LIII, Issue LIII, 6 April 1908, Page 5

WANGANUI NEWS.

WANGANTJI, April 6. The, total exports from Wanganui for i over-sea' ports for the year ending March last were valued at £403,873, an increase: of £19,000 over the previous year. Of this amount wool (38,000 tons) contributed £300,000, and frozen meat '£64)00Gi: The imports for the year were £236,000, as against £183,- j 000 for the previous year. The Customs receipts totalled £82,000, being! , & substantial in'jprea>e over.^ the . pre^ vious year, notwithstanding vx the' large reductions in duties. • . : ■ The contrac'foTßLb&yVmade a start with the constructing- ofj^th/3 l&tsgfi ways. The contract' price is £40,000 odd. The extension Qf the system^ $o sea beach, to cost £27,000, is r.ow being considered.