THE WAITEWHENA RAILWAY DEVIATION.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 414, 15 November 1911, Page 5

THE WAITEWHENA RAILWAY DEVIATION.

AND MR WALL'S LETTER. To the Editor. Sir, —ln your issue <>!" tin* Sth itist., appears a statement irom Messrs Wilson and Wall to Jin* oiled thai, the former pent lonian hau nnthm;; to da with the deputation that w. i:t to Wil iingtnn re railway;-, roads. I'oltnite hospitals, etc. It is amar.'re.; to os>" like myself who was a! tin :'io !':<> meeting to read such .statement:! ! Lioth gentlemen, whieh an- a 1: .'-a■! Inn incorrect. For the m!orma: mn <>i your readers, I mipht say that when the railway question was be in;: e.iscussccf, I surest od tluit it would lawiser to leave the (dhura rente alone, and not to interfere a; a.ll w:(h i(, as I thought the Wovernnteni hase'im- ion far io recede iron) then juomiso to the Olrnva settlers. We should n'-rss forward for a branch Hne, and time has proved that mine was the wisest surest ion. H'nvrvrr, n was not, acted upon. Now, i\i r \\ "M'n stood up after I had simm-stcd '.his. and an-

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that if they could carry that point they could call on hia Worship tho j Mayor of To Kuiti to verify their I :il;UiMii(iii!\ as ho was in the, chair only while the roads question whs Im>iug discussed, and left for homo immediately that matter was finished wilii. The convenor of the meeting (Mr ''limit) then look displace, and ini;■( niavd the ra'lway ami other question". 1 have no knowledge of what. Ihe delegates did or did not, do when in \Y, liinglon. I only know, as everyone who iv:ia at, the Pio Pio meeting knows, that they were deputed, and willingly enni-enl.ed t,o represent ua on the vail way. as well an roada and other mat:, is. (if course, when Mr Wilson c oiooil.letl thia indiscretion he. waa not [he ncrnnfed candidate of ' progress and reform'. 1 notice also that he puses as being injured in not having thia fight, conducted on fair and square linos. He had a right to think of that at tins Pio Pio meeting, when we were discussing the question of roads on which occasion ho wantonly drew Mr Jennings' name into the discussion. What, he avdeed, did Mr Jenningsever do for this district, and, answering his own question, he said ."Jennings never did anything." Some of us thought that statement too sweeping. opseeially coming from a recent arrival to the district,, who could have no knowledge of what Mr Jennings had done for us here; consequently some other gentlemen and myself had to ask him to leave Mr JcnningH out of the discussion even his Worship (he Mayor had to request that no pnbims he introduced aL the meet;; ing. 1 am, etc.,

P. O'nWYER, Psemkao, Novebmer HUh. To the Editor. Sir, Re deputation to Wellington Referring to Mr Jennings' statement, in your issue of Saturday, November 11th, I am surprised at Mr Jennings" conduct. Mr Jennings made :i mistake by jumping to the conclusion that, because Mr Wilson wan on the road and medical deputation, (li.it. lie was also on the railway deput;it.ien. ami when hi a mistake w;ui ]m>wi'.i■ 11 i.iit, t.o hiin lie should have, :>m ;i gentleman, apologised. I. am even mure ;in priced when 1 know that, Mr Wilson wrote Mr Jennings before the i-;i:ii j■:ll;rn started, stating that be vei>:i ;>: pledge himself to keep right, (!n-iin:-!ioiii. the contest, from perHonali- !;.:•, ;. i-i - J (.hat Mr Jennings replied Maims tliat. he. would do the same, but at. tiie very start, of the contest Mr Jennings makes a statement purposely with the object of injuring Mr Wilson. If Mr Jennings had respected his pledge to Mr Wilson, why did he inn. ask Mr Wilson if he were, :\ member of the railway deputation before he made a statement that ho was not sure of. It is very evident that be was eager to seize the first excuse to cast, a stone at his opponent, but I am afraid it, will rebound and injure himself. Mr Walsh whoknowa nothing about the matter as he was not th. n\ but is evidently fond of seeing his name in print, says, "It would be interesting to know why Messrs Wilson and Wall persistently deny so mailable a fact patent to all others." The reason is becaivse it is not true. Mr Walsh says further: "No doubt the electors can read between the lines.' - I have no doubt about it, let us look beUvien (ho lines where Mr Jennings says, "Then Mr Elliott brought the matt or of setting up a Royal Commission re the question of tho deviation ol the Stratford-Main Trunk

line."" I ckallrnjie Mr .leanings lo provo whot-o Mr Wilson said a word on 'he railway, .and 1 say once more thai. .Mi Wilson was not in the room and that Mr Jennings jumped at a wrong conclusion and gave utterance to it without, having it verified. Mr Walsh also says, "There arc none so blind as those who won't see." Mr Walsh is quite right and that is just where ho is, ho is blinded by some of the Government promises that were, pin on thn roads instead of metal.- -I am, etc., JAMES WALL. Puketiti, To Kuiti, Nov. 14th.