The Feilding Star. WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1882. PALMERSTON WOODVILLE RAILWAY.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 10, 19 July 1882, Page 2

The Feilding Star. WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 1882. PALMERSTON WOODVILLE RAILWAY.

Oi'it Pal mors fori friends purpose ; h'lding a meeting this evening for! the consideration of tbe remarkable ! omission of the Minister of Public' Works, in his state;. .".it, of any men- j tion whatever of Te PalmerstonWoo.iville lii;u of railway, to connect i the we^t with the <as. of this island. , while provision is made to compleie: tbe connection between Napier and Wellington. It must not, however. J be overlooked that the Alinher ol" Public Works stilted, in considering | what should bp leeommende-i for prosecution: "To corrnlete Napier to Wellington, and coiiiiect with New Plymouth-Foxtou line, £(.70.000, and i to comoh'te New Piymoutu-Foxton ' line, .CTT'OO ;'" tbis being a part of : JJGJITOOO, necessary to complete tho main trunk lines 5 but as only ,!_O;OGu 000 is likely to bo available, [ i u is sum has to be subdivided in such : a manner as will, in the first inst, nice, satisfy the apnetites of meinb--rs rep- , rescui ing certain districts; and in 1 tbe second, tend towards the prmci- j pi.l olj'-'t of a complete system -of railway connection of the principal ecu. res ot population in the colony. As the Manawatu settlers are notoriously ''long sufiVrirg" ami slow to wra .-Ij,' 1 they and their wants appear! .0 bave been left cn f ireiy out of sight | when censiderng - these of more im- j peciuiious ami cons quently chunor- ! oils people living in other parts ot toe ' colony, which a:e not po.-^essed ot a ; t ii ho of the n.T.ial wealth of the ilaniiwu'ii Valley, or tlie acquired j pos-es-iuns ol its seiTers aud fanners. ; It is not that, wo want charitable aid i from tbe Government at the expense I i of other parts ol tbe colony; we'merely want- an outlet for our produce, ; and to assist iv adding to the pros- j perky of the Napier and "YVairarapa ' .eider, hy ihe hiciliiu-s that would' be giv.n ot a mu-ual exchange ot ' iirtic'es of comuiLrc'', cattle, idieep, I a te,, rais' din the respec:ive di-tiicts. j Persons desirous of settiin-j; amnn_ ' us would have au e.i y irean. of ar j rivin"- at their new home-, in pi cc oi I the present tei'ious and uncertain one. j entailing, as it does, extra l rouble am; expense Wch.ive ii...c duubt >o|";>kers at the. mcc .tig will ihoroug.iU veniilate the subject, and pass _nch re&oln tions _.s vCil impress on the Government and the local rep'-ese .r !- dves, tbat we sre f ! o-oir-h y a .'ye to u'jr own iutt-re-is now, and tbat we bu v e no i.neii ion of i-virg in "a •00 's paradise" in thefmurc. mwiug ;o 'he goodwill only of t.lio.e in autboritv to doe ont a miserable pirtance towards jjiublic works for very shame sake. We trust in the debate in the House on the Pu lie Works Statement tbe members tor the di - rice will make themselves heard on beha'f of ibeir constituents, and will endeavour, apart from ail party feel ings (il such a thing lc possible) to • ihta n what scpin- to be such a reasonable concession. Ihe (Jovcrnuient

•.-.ii. of cil-S" plead eNpei.se. ami tlie ceces.irv for economy. It will be the duty of our repr^nrriti.vrs T) prove than the connecting link foetweeu Woodvillo and Palmerston wouH be -he best kind of economy, by bn'nr •he cn'-ise of a large addition to tbe | n venue of the colon v, and which | would pay a fa ; r dividend on the capital invested, besides increasing j Th- prosperity of the districts rh»s connected.