GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
[BY TJtLKdRAFH.—FRKB9 ASSOCIATION.] Wklunuton, Thursday. A stiff southerly wind has been blowing all day, accompanied by heavy rain. It shows no signs of abating, and it is a poor look out for holiday-makers. The City Council at a special meeting passed a resolution authorising the issue of notice of the Council's intention to raise £3300 for drainage purposes, secured by a special rate of Id in the £1. By the Tongariro, which loft for London this afternoon, the Bank of New South Wales shipped five boxes of low grade bullion, valued at £7000. On Monday the Union Company sends two steamers with excurioniste to Picton to view the Championship Regatta. Permission has been given to carry 1570 persons. __________
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10418, 16 April 1897, Page 5
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121GENERAL TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10418, 16 April 1897, Page 5
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