NEW ZEALAND.
Wellington, Maroh 28. Of ten tenders recaived for the permanent way oontraot of tho Westport audNgakuvhau railway, that of Mr Samuel Brown, of Wellington (.£3303) was the loweat, aud it has been aocepted. The length of the for- I mation is six or seven miles, and four months is tho contraot time. When fche work ia finished thore will be complete railway communication between Westport and tbo coalmines at Mokihinui, a distanoe of 31 miles. H.M.S. Tauranga made auothcr attempt to Had the torpedo lost by H.M.S. Itingaroomu. Sho was absent some hours, bufc meb wifch no success. Tho body of tho young mau, Perkins, who \v;iß missed last weak, was fouud i.i the Ruamahanga river, a long way down, after a diligonb search. A fresh had washed tho corpse away and lodged it iv branches of a tree, Tho man Braoklor, who has been undergoing troatmeut in the Mastorton Hospital for supposed poisoning by Bheep dip, has sucoumbed alter lingoriiigmauy weeks. Wkstpout, Maroh 2d. Tho puuts and derrick which were carried out to aoa a fortuighfc ago, and whioh havo been in the fcraok of stoamers, camo ashore a few miles south of Westport yesterday. The coal export for tho week ended to-day is 289G tons. J
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXVI, Issue 71, 28 March 1892, Page 2
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