The Dunstan Times. Beneath the rule of men ENTIRELY JUST the PEN is MIGHTIER than the SWORD. FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1877.

Dunstan Times, Issue 791, 15 June 1877, Page 2

The Dunstan Times. Beneath the rule of men ENTIRELY JUST the PEN is MIGHTIER than the SWORD. FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 1877.

We are glad to see that the Mayor of Clyde is alive to the importance of obtaining public opinion on the subject of railway communication. Our Cromwell neighbors are apparently content lot things alone, as they do not seem to to think it necessary to take any present action. We are not surprised. Cromwell knows very well that by whatever route the line comes, it will be of comparatively small importance to that township The people there, however, will be quite ready to demand the lion’s share of the plunder when it is to be obtained. It is to be hoped that a very different spirit will bo shown bytho inhabitants of this part of the County, and that on Tuesday next evorv man will put in an appearance. What will be done then will be done finally. It is not for Government Engineers to toll ns where the railway line should bo, but for us to toll the Government where we wish it to be. Every person in the district is interested in this question. Its favourable consummation will benefit equally our miners, our farmers, our traders, and our run-holders, and it is necessary

that a strong Committee representing all parts of the district , should at once be formed to watch over tho progress of affairs. We hope, therefore, to see some of our Cromwell and Alexandra neighbours present, and tho people of Blacks will be wise if they depute some of their people to attend as representatives of that portion of the district. An united effort now will secure the immediate construction of a railway, and if the opportunity is lost it may not soon occur again. Lot not any man then think that he is not wanted, or that his attendance can be dispensed with. All are wanted, and if any of our men have not sufficient energy to move on such an occasion, it. would be well if the women came. If we had not been asleep years ago we should have had a railway at our doors by this time, but we have been slumbering; and as a result, Lawrence; and Wakatip and Palmerston have got their railways, and we are left out in the bitter cold. Let there be an end of this. Any further delay on our part will defer the construction of a railway to the Dunstan District for another generation.