NEW PLYMOUTH.
Thursday. ,-,,,-The Waitara. and : Now: Plymouth railway was opened to-day.' Miss Carrington christened the engine "The Fox." The' first train started at 9.15, taking about a hundred persons. On arrival at Waitarai' the Deputy-Superintendent declared the railway open, and in a speech spoke eloquently on the benefits to be derived from the public works policy of Sir J. Vogel. The train then took a party back to town. To-day was proclaimed a public holiday, and trains ran free during the day. The first free train took 400 to Waitara. The Brogdens give a ball this evening, to which a large number of persons are invited. All public offices are-dosed, except the Post and Telegraph offices.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2116, 15 October 1875, Page 2
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117NEW PLYMOUTH. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2116, 15 October 1875, Page 2
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