PCBLIG WORKS ACT AMESDMFNT.
A bill amending "The Public Works Act, 1908," provides that notwithstanding anything contained in part XII of the principal act, or in "The Post and Telegraph Act, 1908." the Governor may, from time to time, by Order-in-Council, grant to any person or body corporate a license to use -water from any fall, river, stream, or other source for the purpose of generating .electricity .for electric light, mechanical power, or oilier uses. Such license may be granted either in perpetuity or, for stich fixed period without a right of renewal as the Governor thinks fit. The bill further makes provision for power of purchase by the Crown from the licensee. The licensee is to pay compensation for any injury to land.
Errand and parcel bo\s have long been a vanishing quantity in Timaru («avn the Herald), but it would appear that the shortage of supply has now rcaJied- a critical point, for at Jea«t one of thp<lrapoi y firms has taken to employing girte for tin delivery of parcels * j
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Otago Witness, Issue 2848, 14 October 1908, Page 32
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173PCBLIG WORKS ACT AMESDMFNT. Otago Witness, Issue 2848, 14 October 1908, Page 32
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