The Dunstan Times. CLYDE FRIDAY, FEB. 22, 1884.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1138, 22 February 1884, Page 2

The Dunstan Times.

CLYDE FRIDAY, FEB. 22, 1884.

Beneath the rale of men entirely jus* The pen Is mightier than the sword.

If persistency, pertinacity, and the power of unanswerable argument will command j success, surely the exertions of our member, ' Mr Pyke, to bring about the opening of the interior of Otago by the construction of the Central Railway must eventually be successful. He is never weary of bringing the matter prominently before the people of Dunedin. It is right to add that -if we may judge by the reports in the Dunedin Press—Mr Pyke is well backed up by some of the most influential of the citizens. The support of Mr Fish is of a sort which seemingly could be dispensed with to the general advantage, for it is of that quei nlous nature which is most beneficial in opposition. Fortunately Mr Fi.h is not everybody, and his influence seems to be on the wane. At a meeting of the Vigilance Committee, as reported last week, with the Hon. Mr Reynolds in the chair, . and many leading citizens in attendance, resolution was carried, notwithstanding Mr Fish's factious attempts to prevent it, to the following effect“ That the Chairman be instructed to telegraph to the Minister of Public Works strongly urging the acceptance «f a tender for the Nenthoina contract of the Otago Central Railway, andi other necessary public works for which tenders have been called, and also reminding him of his promise to call for tenders for tunnels, viaduct, and bridges on the Hinson section without delay.” Ttie injury and loss to which this part of Provincial District has been subjected owing to the want of proper facilities for conveying the produce- of our farmers and fruit-growers to the market, and the hindrance to settlement which has accrued therefrom can never be properly computed. A railway would send us ahead, and revive the dormant industries of the district, as nothing else ever can. We are glad to see that the Dunedin Press is hearti y with us in this matter, and whilst our member keeps the question before the public with his accustomed energy, there is no fear of the public going to sleep over the matter- 50 Mr Fish’s to the contrary notwithstanding.