SALE TOWNSHIPS NORTH ISLAND TRUNK RAILWAY

Colonist, Volume XLIX, Issue 11996, 24 July 1907, Page 4

SALE TOWNSHIPS NORTH ISLAND TRUNK RAILWAY

Auckland, July 23: At the Chamber of Commerce tomorrow Messrs Macdonald Wilson and Co., of Wellington, in sonjunotion with Mr T. Mandeno Jackson, will sell the new town of Horopiho, 1 situated on the main trunk line, - midway between Auckland and Wei- ? lingfcon The sale has created a large ; amount of interest, not only locally, 1 but especially so in the districts ) along the trunk line. r MUNICIPALITIES AND THE i TARIFF. * TOWN PIPES. Masterton, July 23. Thn Borough Council to night discussed the increased duty on iron pipes of greater diameter than five 3 inches. The duty on this class oJ 3 pipes has been increased from five tc . twenty per tsent. This was considered a very serious matter for local bodies when' carrying out gas, water and drainage works. A motion was carried entering an emphatic protest against the increased duty. It was also decided to seek the co-operation of all local bodies in the Colony in n'nt»t ting, and to forward a resolution to tne member for the district.