THE PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXX, Issue 12001, 19 October 1906, Page 7

THE PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT.

To be Delivered To-Night

(Per United Pxeas Association). WELLINGTON, October 19. So far nothing very definite has leaked out about the Public Works Statement. It will be presented at 7.30 to-night, and rumour has it that the good old cry «f the necessity of finishing the Main Trunk lines and going slow on some wild-cat railways will be emphasised at great length. The oppressed back-blocker may also have long strings of sympathetic references poured out on his insufferable existence, and he will be told that he will get roads and bridges in plenty, with the proviso always that the funds at the disposal of the colony are limited. The Estimates will be finished this afternoon. Last night business was pushed through with lightning celerity.