THE MIDLAND RAILWAY DEVIATION.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXV, Issue 181, 4 June 1891, Page 2

THE MIDLAND RAILWAY DEVIATION.

The following telegram from a correspondent afc^Roxburgh appeared in the Otago Daily Tims of Monday last. The Minister for Pnblio Works informs mo that correspondence has passed /between Mr W. B. Perceval, M.H.R,, and himself with referenoe to the difficulty whioh has arisen over the Midland Railway deviation, and Mr Perceval's mediation has brought the matter almost to a settlement the suggestion boing that the £6000 whioh the company has agreed to deposit aB Beourity for the completion pf the Belgrove oontraot should bo made to oover the rati« fioation of the oontraot with the Grey Oounty Oounoil. On this being done, it is understood that the Governor's assent to the deviation will be given. The following telegram haa been despatched by Mr Seddon to Mr Robert Wilson, manager of the Midland Railway Oompany ;-- --" Your reply to my memorandum of Satur* day laßt on the wholo satisfactory as to the words 'power of attorney,' you appear, however, to underestimate the importance of the legal difficulty. The Government oannot ignore the . advice of the Orown law offlceis. It will therefore be neoessary for you to give aome reasonable guarantee tbat the oontraot with the Grey Oounty Oounoil will be ratified by the company. Have you any suggestion to make as to the nature of the guarantee ? Your tele- ,

gram mentions a letter- from your Board approving of your making the oontraot with the Grey Oounty Oounoil. Oan yon send copy of that letter? Government anxioua.to overcome all obstacles to immediate oonslruo'** tion of railway work." ■"."'<