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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 90, 21 August 1878, Page 2

ThebeSs an old saying that " Heaven helps those that help themselves," and certainly no greater exemplification of the truth of the adage could be found than m the rise and progress of the district of Sandon. Other places have progressed from extraneous causes and outside assistance, but Sandon, has been settled by a people who evidently were taught ;to rely upon themselves j and if a matter be but undertaken, if energy and perseverance can command, success, they will recognise no fuch word as fail. From its position it is m a measure cut off from the 'main trunk line of rail which runs through the West Coast, but the people of Sandon some time since came to the resolution that they would be no longeffsdlated, and forthwith efforts were made to overcome the diffl ully. Mw tings have been hold, and at the last one no fewer than twenty-eight Bottlers pledged theiuselres to the 'movement. We now notice that a meeting of the committee is to bo held tonight for the formation of the company, drawing up of the prospectus and terms of association, and to make such other usual arrangements necessary ]4n such combined undertakings. The formation of the proposed line would have a large beneficial effeot on Foxton, and it is a matter of surprise to us that a corresponding energy has not been exhibited by its residents as appears to have animated the people of Sandon. It does, not matter that, no apparent or immediate good would appear to follow the holding of meetings. Doing so keeps alive a spirit of interest amongst those interested, and places the matter prominently before the public. "Constant dropping will wear a etone," and the more difficult the. task to be effected, the greater the necessity for agitation, — persistent, constant agitation. '.

We have it upon the very best authority that it is the intention of the Government to declare ]?pxton a Port of Entry. This announcement will prove gall and wormwood' to our Wftnganui evening contem - porary, which m a recent issue gloated over the disapppintinenfc of the Soxboniuns to obtain that: small measure of justice.. No doubt' "the winh ; was father to ; the thought," and it is just, possibla that the jubliation will be shorfc-lived, lindthe pean of triumph changed into "weeping and wailing audgniwhing of teeth." We have little doubt., our Foxton readers will be able to thoroughly appreciate the sneer at 4. heir supposed discomfiture by an oi:gah. which claims to represent their inboretts. In concluding its remarks the " Herald " lias the following,which we: reprint for the: ediflcution and enlightenment of tlie rasiclents of this oquntyi* who may liot see thut sheet :-^" I -think the greatest trouble the 3?oxtonites will have will be to make it a pout of exit, as hon.rly all the timber and produce along the line of railway are Ending their way to- Wanganui to the diagust. of the people at the JToxton eud^- Tjb,e aboy^js tUeopißion of

a particularly Billingsgate person rejoicing m the appropriate norn de plume of " Baracouttf.^ Well, as one good turn deserves another, we are Happy to informtho writer of the very " fishy " production, that the merchants of Marton, and Halcombe find it considerably to their advantage to both import and export by way of Foxton, rather than emulate the efforts of the Pirat Napoloou m tackling the alpine difficulties that intervene between them and the Liverpool of New Zealand. Handicapped as Foxl on is m competing with a port which has a Cabinet Minister as its Cerberus, and the Manager of the line plajing into its hands, the port of Manawatu is still able to hold its own, as Wanganui And its piscatorial prophet my learn to his chagrin. -

Thursday's •' Government Gazette " contains the several notices regarding the Dun-troon-llakateramea, line now being con^ struct ed under the District Railways Act, by the Hon, Kobert Campbell and other settlers, interested. The tariff to be charged on the various articles of freight to be carried is also published, and as it no doubt would have special interest for our Foxton and Sandon readers, we give a few of the principal. Horses — for any distance nob exceeding ten miles, 10s ; per mile after first ten miles, 3d ; each additional horse belonging to the Batne owner, 7a 6d ; and for every mile after ten, 2£d- Cattle— under ten miles, 7s 6d ; every milo after, 2£d j each additional one, ss ; and 2d for every mile after ten. Sheep, goats, pigs, and calves m large lots, per truck, loaded and unloaded by owner, who takes all responsibility and risk, 15s for first ten miles, »nd Is for every mile after. Merchandise, 7d per ton per mile. Grain, 3d por ton per mile. Sawn timber, per 100 super, feet per mile, 3s 4d j the minimum charge being 7d. Heavy timber, per 100 feet per mile, Id ; and for each loading and unloading done by the Company, per 100 super. feetj^kh Passengers — first clas3, per mile, 3£d j second class, 2id- The foregoing are the principal amongst the items contained m the schedule of rates. We further notice that, m respect of the lands of the first class, a rate sufficient to produce £2 16s per centum per annum on «,he proposed railway and equipment thereof ; and m respect of the lands of the second class, a rate sufficient to produce £2 4s per cent, per annum on such ooat.

It certainly is the lot of ordinary humanity that they must have " shuifled off tho mortal coil " before the process of canonisation, but to Mr Henry Anderson has it been permitted to be deified while m the flesh. Who can listen to the following glorification of that gentleman, and still believe m tho statemeut that "a prophet receives no honor m his own country." Tho " lines of Mr Henry Anderson have fallen m pleasant places," and this is the manner m which the Wellington ''Chronicle" descants upon his qualifications, and proclaims to the citizens that the millenium is at hand :— "Our Mr Gardiner has been all over the city and its environs since bis return from California, and he finds by the universal testimony o£ people of every grade,— r-biit more especially the working classes,— that Henry Anderson is a man. of ' real grit j' that he is one of the most fearless writers m New Zealand, and that when the occasion arises he is ever ready to protect the weak and oppressed, to expose abuses, to . denounce wrongs, and to assail the wrongdoer, — m whatever place he may be found, — from the highest to the lowest. ; Such a man, and such a public writer, will find a full and adequate scope for the exercise of his powers m the- leading columns of the ' Evening Chronicle, 1 which has ever since its establishment been a thoroughly freo, unfettered, and outspoken journal. We therefore confidently anticipate that: by the employment of capital, the display of enterprise and energy m developing -this -journal m the best possible form, and by ever making it the true friend of the great body of tho working classes — the 'Evening Chronicle " will very soon come to be regarded as the real organ of. the people. Mr licnry Anderson will assume the editorship of the ' Evening Chroniole ' on Monday, 3rd September, as m the meantime he will take a fortnight's holiday." The above is but a very small modicuiri of incense offered up by "the worshipper at the shrine at which he kneels. We know that Mr Henry Anderson is not of that race noted for its bashfulness ; but a-f ter all, Mr Henry Anderson is but human, and certainly he would require a face of bronze and nerves of steol to meet the gaze of an adiniriug publio until the warmth of the above cuiogium shall have passed away. . Wo can welLandetstahd his wishing for a fortnight's holidays.