The Feilding Star. SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1882. TO-NIGHT'S PUBLIC MEETING.

Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 15, 5 August 1882, Page 2

The Feilding Star. SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1882. TO-NIGHT'S PUBLIC MEETING.

.« This meeting is called for the ostensible purpose of supporting a Wang-b---um meeting, at which several resolutions were parsed, to the effect thut it was urgently necessary the Government should take t>roinpt measures to j re-open our railway communication ] with the settlements north of the Rangitikei River. While it wili be the duty ot the meetiug to pass resolutions in accordance with the terms < of tbe notice to attend it, we think that there are other matters connected w.th the railway that might with perfect propriety be discuised, 1 ' and cerhin conclusions arrived at, of even greater importance than the mere question of time involved id the' erecV\t •'■ . ' , . ' i . i' ) t'loh'of, the brijlge over the Rangitikei, Liver. It is., probably . Jcnpvrn . io a. majority, of : our readers that the Cabinet has Ifeen for some time engaged in. the ; revision of the rajlway tariff,. find this*evisiion'^Lthe-resUlt of the strong pressure brought to bear on the *M ! iWslry by the Canterbury Pilrm-fi* Clab| (ef.whiel|-MT-C ; rE^se»; is the , Chairman) to compel the lV|,in.ißtr.y .toVipake reductions ia- the freight charges on grain and other 'agrfrttitural produce carried by raili' The rea-on pifered is, th;»^ dur ijDg Jthe, grain season such enormous profits are made riy th*. ' railway^ <hp'tke fcam^ge bTgfi-in^ as 'io justify the farmersjp. making a demand for a reduction of Vhgjtaphj ),ijl, jtbeirfiHrOiV - We^havU ita J a previous $4 Ufle expressed oqr ;views oifc thiSjSub^eat/ and have now merely to.iaay'lhalwife. cordiallv^j^pp/lNth^ step ttikenlhy>Uie Canterbury. farmers, ttnrf^^rtjgTattilnte the^on the success of their* -efforts to ameliorate their condi^ipi_ 1 /b3.. , , , reducing ' the ' tax j on their Vtapte industry. Exactly on the same grounds, and for precisely the sam e reasons, we would ask the meeting to pass resolutions, urging the claims of the sawmillers for consideration at the hands of the Government. The timber traffic is unlike the grain traffic in one respect, for where the £pain season lasts only.; a„ few ij|ngtit_i3,jthe timber traffic on the Manawatu-Wan-ganui line is continuous throughout the year; and, where, timber is the main cause to'/ Veverfue, as on tliis line, there is no sudden rise in the railway receipts fo excit^rbfi. surprise, of unre(Jiefclui^Ypei.ploJ \&a) the - contrary/ a? steady stream from a sure source is I poured silently into the treasury day by day. We say silently, (I^iSool^jV for no set of men ever worked steadily on without making an effort to remove a portion of t_^\fcV^i&¥YtoaV; the sawmillers ot the Manawatu Valley, who, for the past six years, have t dwe\flf(*t b^rtkfelt! enemies.' the trade which makes this section of tbe Mew Zealand Railways, $^ best paying one in the colony.' Tliey ' have asked nothing in return for this The only concession they asked tor (and received) was^. Jhat.. affecting. whi tiS ! jfiSt%4SSSm&S tttfit W never been worth a penny to a single sawmiiler) hampered as it &_ffi<&lfi_T6b*J surd proviso, to the effect that the concession will only be given to white pi&6 6Zpo ted otit of the colony. It is now time forfthosi so r&epfr|interes<d to beSipTind- Aoiihrf We have hitherto trusted too much to others for justice, and li.tve foun£Q_a-4a*v weakness and folly of such depenHaif^r^inrmitsTd^ will beat fruit, by the Gove¥hffl4ut c being forced to concede the same advantages trf_hessin(t|.rpfjs grain traffic. We would suggest, in addition to other business, that—ecommittee be formed, consisting of millownrrs and merHaoW^o6iiW(_lir the railway tariff in so far as it immediately affects tbe welfare of our owir district, to draft resolutions towards the\ amendenent^pf (Ufh Ttflwajjf cbarfes, affr tovjMnediMely fofward^ .he said resolutions to the Government. A 8 Parliament will be^rdftf/ied^W iheend of this month, there is no time o be lost.