AN £8,000,000 TOWN.
Anyone who has seen the now war town of Oretna 'will not be surprised .that; the large sum of £8;OOO,O0O 4 has" been spent on it (states a London . journal); Twelve square miles of farm land, ; pos-> sessing perhaps half a dozen houses, bare been turned into -a thriving- ; town covered with 'buildingsi including ifshops,publio hall, post office, police station, ; and workshops. When the full story is told of Gretna's part m the war it will prove amaziner. '-Ourjously enoiich, the township is. divided m two hy the boundary line' between England" and Scotland, 1 and as it possesses no prison, offenders/have to' be $a"ken either to Carlisle or Dumfries, their 'destination depending on which part of the townshit) they happen to, have chosen for their misbehavior. ■
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14449, 8 November 1917, Page 3
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130AN £8,000,000 TOWN. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14449, 8 November 1917, Page 3
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