LOCAL SUMMARY.
Reference to our Petersfield news tells us that the South Western Railway Company have purchased the line from Midhurst to Petersfield. We understand that a sharp battle has taken place in the committee rooms respecting the ground for the line from Midhurst to Petworth, and which ended favourably to the company. When these lines are completed there will be direct communication between Brighton and Petersfield; and, it is more than probable from thence to Southampton. Ere long the network of railways will be completed in the South of England.
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