THE Manawatu Times. SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1879. "WHAT'S IN A NAME!"

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 34, 12 April 1879, Page 2

THE Manawatu Times.

SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1879. "WHAT'S IN A NAME!"

« "Words arc things, and a drop of ink falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which mak«s thousands, purhapi millions think."

Ax eminent perijqnasrP, lpng since def ijuct, onoe askod, "What ? § m a name?" Another eminent personage, who is not defunct, appears to tliink there is a great deal jn a name, if we are to place any weight. to the repeated assertions of the H<>n; John Ballance with regard to the W«\st Coast Hail vray. Accordi n^> tq the Hon. the Treasurer, the only— qp, at- least, the greatest— claim the southern peqple have. to. the "Wellington railway is that m the schedule qf appEopriahons the proposed line is referred to as the "Foxton" railway. The basis of the claim is, therefore, so weak that it cer-tajnly appears almost cowardly to destroy it, but our duty a.s chroniclers impels us not orjly to stqto tjiat the title not originally that having such attraction for Mr. ,B.illajjce, but that the change of apßelln-r tion was ' effected by. a clever though particularly shady piece of triclfery. The Bill \^hich first gave birth to a prqposed West Co^stt^-ailway originated m thq House pf ,I^epresenta.tives,. erd was intrpduced intq that branph of the Legislature by the member, for Wellingtqn City, Mr: William Locke Tbavjbbs, during the Second Session of the Sixth P^cliament. The measure vfas a particqlarly 8hoc(; qne, ajid, as reported from t(ie Select Committee on I^ailvrays, contained bi^t five Clauses, j^.the first pla^e, to shoy tha'c it iiras the qriginaV intention of no,i only the mover but also p,f \he louver. ! branch of tpe Legislatqre.j that Balmer- ; ston shoulcl be the lunation, we w^ll ex- [ $ra,cfc two gut o£ . t Q e fiye clauses qf ! which it is. pompo.9fd. After slatinor m the prearaiile that it was expedient that mo^ei blqcljs p,f land shoulfi be reserved for sale, an;d sold t : m order, to provide for the cqst of constructing su^ Railway, soi that no hurden m respect thereof should b;e imposed on, }be Cqqsqlidated wsve^ue of- the Colony, clause.. I. prpvide? r .i.Tlie- Short Title of this Act shall be th^ Hiitt, Waikanae, and EalmewioDj No,r.th Railway Act, 1877. ' The cla,u;s^ deyo.ted tp f, ?peici; fication of the reserves tq be se| apart for the purpose a.^o^nced, m, thVpre.-; amble; the third is confiined to,determininjgtl\e tern^s and pon<Jii}on;s. upo.r\ which the lar^d will be parted and the fourth re.fer* tq the applications of the proae.e.ds ■'s th,e fo]lAwi^,n^an. ner:— . The proceods arising, from $0, sale o|. the. Saul land-shall l^nWsftd tp a'special account," to b.o. called "^hft l^anawatu Rail,way Fund," aud shall be. ttppiied e^qlusiYe|y, so far: as the. same b%O extend, and shall ,h«» Tn*cei3ar,y m tha^/Difthalf^ m ori towra^ids defeaying the. c.os<i.'ofecoiJ3to.uctiQg a railway Jewing from v 8 Station,, on thek "V^ellihgtOn and 5 Mi^ieirton I^ailwav, to Pahautrtnuj, and^froin thence, by" fie Hofptiwi Valley to "VTaika'nae, andfro^n thence. dV the most conyenierit route, tq PainterBt.m Nortjh. ".- '' That is the T^ll. i^re, and ain^pje, with tlio eTfccp.l'ibn'qt-the lfLst clause, no direct b,eaiTp,|? upqn qitujatidn" at issue, and is 6nly c.on : spicuo^ for a refiestiing ia,bsenc« of any mention of. EoxtPn/ Undpr th^ese cir.ci\mstanoes, then, '^ is a m.aj,tter. for curibsitytol^arh by. wha,t n^eans the word "Eoxtoni" became su,bstitnted for " Palmer'ston/'v ji's, the story g^pes, the manipvilation was dojae, m its. passage the "tFipper House, ajad a^t th.c. instance o,f : a," Lord " who waspftrticftinteresVd m the direction o| the rpi^te; "T4e; mistake or, des^i^ the altera.jbiop, of the n a% is, : hb^fiver, ipslly A mtter^^.of very t s^all ,mp^en,fe. If, \fhen the vp^mised survey of the rjya,V routes, by disinterfijsied^ Oonjim^.&ion.ers h^s beeii roadfe, V.erd^c.t v^ill* b,,e m, fa^br o£ ;^xtP^^ then cor, tain^v \he fraud praci^sed m.a.ttejrjs r.jjry Ij^tle- ; on theci^h^traVy^ if the P^im.erUb^'rpftte b^ one' sei ljepted, we'sVoftld im^gi^eth^ matter, of ititle will act bArriar buyt. |orja '' very shorit|oie. The;i^Yo.c^tego^t'ft i e A '^j,tte'r J line require' -rio tr|clbr^ ;\th,ey Are Wer iparpd to let'^he merits of : th^two.rou.t;es 'Vji? f^ly . and <? cprisid^rod ; and that b^n;^; "dpne, a final verdict jjiveh, anite inuepepdeixtly. of anyj pre-jwire-piulijnsi. No one shexild Icno^. : .%Vr tli,ah t^e'Ho^ Mft .'BA^anc^ ; liow easy it is • tp. remedy the itnjstok^ made^ bj-the pas^ftof a % s.Uort Ts\l~. if.iie.edfi. be, through^^ aji Jt.a. st^gps— %t one sitting i^nd) tliougn it i* more than ipossrbje thai, such a : moven)ont > wo\jld ?rnee| with bitter apposition f:ron\ those :wlio ; - .^er^;accountaTpe for changing the • name R.ncii, culpabl/s 'obstruction ;should jnot, nqf;Wp.iild 4 not b^ ftUowpd,to weigh • fljjain^f .any Miperipr^laims be allotted tp't.lje:^ j t lie. Cpmimjasidnorß . '['•