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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 15, 15 April 1909, Page 583

We understand that two of the Redemptorist Fathers in Wellington — Rer. Fathers Lo-\vham and McDermott — will leave shortly for Australia. Of 219 men employed by the Chxistchurcli City Council, N 185 are "married and -30 single; 93 are ratepayers and 122 ' non-ratepayers; 83 were born in New Zealand, 102 in Great Britain, 24 in Australia, and six in other places. The average speed of the new express service between Invercargill and Christchurch, including stoppages, is 31 miles 10 chains per hour, or about 50 per cent, faster than the mail train between Wellington and New Plymouth.