Says the Lyttelton Times With the emigration of colonials to South Africa, quite a flourishing oversea trade in the supply from this colony of agricultural implements and machinery has arisen. Inquiries for quotations are received through every mail. When, the Victorian Parliament sanctioned the construction ot the railway to Mildura, the cost was estimated at £164, Up to date, however, £172,246 has been expended, and a further 'sum ,of about £30,000 will be required to i finish the line The money at present is not available, and the number of men employed on the line has been cut down to the minimum,.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12239, 7 April 1903, Page 5
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