Fostering Local Industry.
Thebe has been a preat deal of talk or Me part of the Government about .'hdr ■, fire i iivoiii.i,, local r iTi (.us, but u M only in,' ti. t they have I i’.v i anv ; racueal , u . 'c >j l ib v. 1 ■ it. Ji. ce.iuly the . b r la I’i.l/lic U'oika Mopped sending
,ov jiirtbcv okFi i i i K jas tl tor railway i ‘ii ', havir gll n i., i 4 o have everything ilhiiv way jp nl itini 1 ii tho colony winch it was po'- dili n ■'roduco. The iron i or’, ur sever d i,u. i\ bridges cither about to bo built or in course ot construction, is to bo procured from colonial workshops, A large quantity of railway material amounting in value to about £25,000 will also be ordered from colonial makers. It is understood that the greater part of this work will he executed at the Addington and Hillside workshops. This is a step in the right direction. It will afford a powerful stimulus to at least one branch of colonial industry, and be the means of finding remunerative employment to a considerable number of skilled workmen already in the colony.
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Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1670, 17 April 1885, Page 2
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202Fostering Local Industry. Wairarapa Standard, Volume XVIII, Issue 1670, 17 April 1885, Page 2
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