THE RAILWAY DEVIATION.

Kumara Times, Issue 889, 6 August 1879, Page 2

THE RAILWAY DEVIATION.

[to Tab BDXtOB.] Sir—Sign away ! Sign away} Yes, Mr Editor, I was really surprised to see the number of . signatures already in file, like so soldiers for the fight, or so many pavements'ready for barricades against had rulers. Eive hundred names enlisted in one. day (Saturday, 2nd Instant) proclaimed the truth, the genuineness, and the necessity of the movement. Already the maritime towns of Greymouth’and Hokitika approve of the all-important and indispensable .dine of railway by Knmara; hut to Knmara belongs the honour of having started a combined resistance to an absurd and-unjust pro- ’ ject. Alieady the West Coast Times proclaims the necessity for agitating in favour of a deviation to Knmara; only a month ago, the same organ predicted that such a deviation could npt l»e ob- “ tained. Already the Distriqt Engineer vacillates, doubts, and proposes, tp. siir* * render. Yes, and nothing, shp^t, of ft surrender will satisfy the people of the- - Coast, The Ministers must Burrgpdef . at the sight of three or four thousand -' signatures, backed by the resolute will of the inhabitants.- The surrender must be Accompanied by an extra vote of £50,000; and why not, J-Jir.G* Grey announces a further loan .qf .five millions. Sign, sign away, then I. and . let us show our rulers that typ.fnlljr - understand the value, the grandeur, * and the future of a railway; let os decide for once that we will not remai|i in a semi-savage state, separated,.from the world. We have had enough. of . that during fourteen years. We hftye had enough of rock, water, and forest, for there is nothing else here but water, . and forest, and mountain. The sea is dull and monotonous; the forest is lugubrious; the mountains are majestically gloomy. Let us hear, then, the puff of the locomotive j let us see the. travellers from other climes { let us look at the big piles of merchandise, passing to and fro, and we shall be satisfied ; and our children will bless the men who fought for the railway!— Yours truly, . / , > Jamksßladieb. August sth, 1879.-