The rumour which found its way into print, that one of the piers of the Makohine Viaduct had slipped j‘s officially stated to he entirely groundless. The Minister for Public Works yesterday received: the following telegram from the engineer in charge of the works.: “ Statement cruelly false. Vendors of such false news ought to ; be severely punished. Everything perfectly plumb and level. No sign of any defect whatever.—(Signed) W. Sneddoil.”
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1523, 28 February 1901, Page 62
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