SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 394, 2 August 1877, Page 2

SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.

- [Flic}!! OUR OWN COItKKsrONUEXTS.j V /\ 9 DUNEDIN. IN WANT OF WORK AND MONEY. RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION. August 2. The workmen sent to the Ciutlia make grave compl lints about not being able io make a start with their work. Tney say : —" As things are shaping we will not be allowed to ni:ikj a start for a fortnight. They cannot fell ns when we will be set fo work, and when, we <lo get work we will not be paid for a week afterwards, and we cannot live upon wind. We have neither food, money, or tents." The letter is eorr ct, and if the men, many < f whom are undoubtedly industrious and anxious for work, are not set to immediate employaijut they will experience great hardships. The Times says the Customs revenue, yesterday, of Li-~80, was the largest ever collected here in one day, L 2527 being paid for drapery alone. The revenue for July was L31,0C0. Messrs. Reeves and John Roberts will press on the Government the necessity of railway construction. A special telegram to the Times says : —" Several municipalities are pressing for land endowments. If the Otago municipalities wish to secure any endowments they should make immediate application." The Trades demonstration promises to be a big nliair. Tie Ma} or presides and the speakers wdl all be workmen. The New Zealand Factory Company has been successful!}* floated by Messrs. Guthrie and Lirna.ch.