LATE CABLES.
(Py Electric Telegraph — Copyright.) (Per United Press Association.) Stdnhy, January 17. The Minister of Publio Works states that between £800,000 and £400,00 C will be spent on roads in the colony within the noxt three months. Speaking at an up-country Agricultural Show, the Premier said the Agent-General's office must be made more useful to the people. Thero muat be a marked ohange in the sphere of the Agent-General's operations which should be less diplomatic and display more commercial activity. The Government is sending an expert irrigatiocist to plot out 400 acres in the vicinity of an artesian bore, into 20 acre farms. The Government will also establish an experimental farm to illustrate the best methods of irrigation. Adbuidb, January 17. Lord Kintore, who left yesterday for London, received a most oordal send off. Thdbsdat Ibe&nd, January 17. A number of natives belonging to British Now Guinea, have been sentenced to terms of impriionmenfc, langing up to 10 years for murdering sixteen Datives who took refuge near the Fly River during a gale.
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Wanganui Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8448, 17 January 1895, Page 3
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174LATE CABLES. Wanganui Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8448, 17 January 1895, Page 3
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