King Country Chronicle Wednesday, Nov. 22, 1911. THE OHURA RAILWAY.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 416, 22 November 1911, Page 4

King Country Chronicle Wednesday, Nov. 22, 1911. THE OHURA RAILWAY.

To-day vvill always rank as a rodletter day in the history of the Ohura. It seen the culmination of the iriMfc cherished hopes; tho most ardent effort, of pettlers who have for year,* bo»n manfully struggling against disabilities which could only bo overcome by the advent of the long-pro-mised railway. Minor difficulties such as fall to the lot of tho backbloclcer in every new district, and which are overcome by strenuous personal effort, or the collective work of a community, to the mutual benefit of all, Have been faced and conquered in the Ohura as in other districts, as far as local conditions alluwcu. Tho settlers were always confronted, however, with a huge and oppressing drawback in the mailer of defective transit; a defect, moreover, which could only be remedied when the railway catne. Naturally (he struggling settler fixed his hopes, aspirations, and effort upon the one central object which could effect his release firwrn the galling chains of circumsHamw. and strove to bring nearer the day off his emancipation from mud. That day lias not yet arrived, but the turning of the first sod symbolises tho cutting of (lie first link of the galling chain, and

b< raids the dawn of a now era of prosperity for men who have fought tho good fight and deserves well of their country. To tho Ohura fiettlera

our heart iost congratulations arc extended. The necessity for effort is not yet ended, but tho objective is. altered, and the men who 1 iaf won. through tho battle thus far pray bo

relied upon to strivo persistently for at least a fair allocation in pushing ahead sui'h a desirable lino as that n-hich will (averse the rich Ohura. Ya! lev.