The business of the Telegraph Department has increased to such an extent that it has been found necessary to open the principal offices in the Colony for ordinary business between 5 and 7 p.m. Hitherto they have been closed during those hours. This extension of the open hours will take effect from Monday next in the following telegraph offices : Auckland, Blenheim, Bluff, Christchurch, Dunedin, Gisborne, Grey mouth, Hokitika, Invercargill, Lyttelton, Napier, Nelson, New Plymouth, Oamaru, Port Chalmers, Keefton, Thames, Timaru, Wakapualca, Wanganui, Wellington and Westport. The change will be of material convenience to the public, and it will at the same time entail no additional cost. It has been resolved by the Greytown Borough Council to apply to the Government for a loan of <£4oo for a bridge over the Waiohino river at Matarawa. The estimated cost of the bridge is <£IGOO, and it is expected that the Government will grant .£IOOO, and that .£2OO will be subscribed in Greytown. A German Jofficer has invented a|motor in which a fine stream of coal dust is utilised to drive a piston by explosion, in the same manner as the gas in a gasengine.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1194, 18 January 1895, Page 38
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192Untitled New Zealand Mail, Issue 1194, 18 January 1895, Page 38
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