PUBLIC WORKS.
Some days ago we published a paragraph from the Wellington Independent, stating that Mr. Ormond had given Mr. Brogden notice, before leaving Auckland, that data would be furnished him in six weeks from then, to enable liim to tender for the public works in this province. We find, on inquiry, that the notice was not absolute. Mr. Ormond " expected" that Mr. Carruthers would be in a position, within six weeks from the date of the letter, to submit plans and estimates to the contractors. As all the work appears to be done by Mr. Carruthers, or principally so, a further delay is not improbable. Meanwhile summer is fast coming to an end, and, save the two and a-half miles to Newmarket, nothing has been decided on. The tramways in the Manu-watu-Rangitikei district are being vigorously pushed forward; but otherwise very little progress is being made. The Kaipara railway, it is true, is being constructed, but the work is done under the original contract with the TroviDcial G-overnment. What a pity the General Government do not borrow a leaf out of the Provincial book, as Canterbury and Otago, in common with Auckland, are constructing railways.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume IX, Issue 2521, 23 February 1872, Page 2
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