THE CENTRAL ROUTE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 46, 23 January 1884, Page 3

THE CENTRAL ROUTE.

•jiiv/f^o.// jffeetingfatFeildingi' ii- '• I ;■;■.: f :\ r;:-i ■»•'-> iKtrr-— ':. •. ■": •.-. .■.•■;.))•>.■:? ! • .Itt-resjuonHtt^to alo: inyitrtti<»n . 'from' the ; Mttyor,: a;large »iii«l inftSu'utiiilonaeeti•jng atteftded\ftii the. = To^n-hiilJ, F«ld-| fin'gv Monday evening (ov the purpoHeof :ui?gingi : ilipon > the Gto.veru men t .the ne^ cessityyjrad -advantage of having a suW ▼ey made of the northern central milway route from Feilding. The following resolutions were earned V-^Mov«d by ftfr E. m Wright and seconded by Mvliethbridge, "That this ; meeting 1 feels tha« Feilding has not 'received l justice at 1 the 1 hands of: the Go-{ IVei^hWeht with' reference y t6 ; the survey; of/'thfe'ilentwil noTthbrn.iiiilway. line, inj ft'siriucii' ak'a promise was made by the rHon.ctfae' Minister for FuWic aight mohths ago that such survey, sfcbuia- be* undertakewatbnee." , : :i Mr Bartholomew • •** That thi.-i meeting 1 wrouid urge upon thf* Qoyernment the necessity of taking immediate steps tofihave snch survey carried oat, estp/rciailly as ther Purveys of the two sug« gested *ottes via Martowtad New Plymouth' 'have <been uhdet'taken, and this meeting believe* that the< survey via Marion has already been completed/ ; " Seconded % ; Mr Boothv ' .i ■ i ' ■' | •Div JohnstOti/"fThat this meeting 1 believes that the route along: Kimbdli tom-tfoad from FeiUKng^ through 'thei LQtamukapua Block is the best andj easiest-made line, and the one that will, be tluMiieans of opening up a large and' valuable tract of grazing and timber country.'' i Seconded ]^y Mr Rutherford. "i

i .MriGoodbehcre then moved, seconded by Mr Lethbridge, " That His Worship th© Mayor be asked to forward the foregoing resolutions to the Hon. the Minister for Public Works, with a request that he will give the subject his earnest and immediate consideration." Mr Wright moved, and Mr Donald McKenzie seconded, " That the Mayor be requested to ask Messrs Johnsrtoh and Stevens, M.H:R.'s for Manawatu khd Rahgitikei to assist m uvgiiig the proposed Purvey being made."