THE Manawatu Times. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 26, 1879. A SUGGESTION WORTH ADOPTING.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 95, 26 November 1879, Page 2

THE Manawatu Times.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 26, 1879. A SUGGESTION WORTH ADOPTING.

"Wor.-Lißre t!iiiifr«, nnd n drop of 'ink.f«Uiag like dew upon a thought, produces tli*t >rlu*lt raakts ttlO, perhap* millicns think." '

j In our lsst issue w? narrated how outv $.puth.ercri..;- neigh bora had been .ittefvieyn\ig the Mihister-oJE Public r/Wbrk'si with a view of j?ettting him. _tp ptlejdge jhitnself ;that the cp>)sti*uc> 'tiphijpl /the West 'Coast .^b.&.n)enre?at;th,e : ;$ l p:s|_o.n ( - end. As a _<leputatiou will leave Paimerwton at the end of this or the coiiiineucenieiit of next"\veek,wp would urge that a public ineetitig should be held prior to its, departure, to jiass - resol u tipns 'Te^ueVjing the Government to' keep iiVviolai'e the promises, mq.de 'by M- r. MAOAMfl^REiiy upon that; inipor taut matter.' flt;ja well known " that' aoting upon the pledges made by the i late minuter of Public Works* the Government of which lie wiis a trietnber, caused a survey party to be despatcheiL to Mtzherbevit to aeqni rethorough and reliable iufonnaU.>n which would. e.nablo them to decide "theXultimato'desthiatiPn of the line, according to the respective merits of 'the ri vat routes. That survey party is at present pushing oh^the ■■work on. the South side of the river, aiid if the DreKent G^6vepnmeiit,eithei* by -artifice or cajolery will be .gulled into complying with the request of the Foxtou deputation, it will not only be guilty of a most flagrant breach of faith," be abting m direct .contra-, dictlou ., to the . wishes of the. -.Ho use'; •iananiinously but also vvill hiive tlinovvn' away for nought the timeVlabpr,and eipeiise of^^the|u-ryey at present .being made m the Fit/i---herbert district. We are compelled to admire the coolhefs of thegentleiiien composing the Foxtou deputation, when we oonsLder! .the nature of the- request, and even were the means -at hand for tne immediate prosjebuii on of the line, it is not likely" OiiTvisß wouldihaye cpmmitteid Jwrnself to a ppomi.se which would place him m such an exceedingly false position. We have ifc upon the very: best anthority, that the pa?«ty at present, under* the .charge 1 of V^i*. AicMSTBONtt oh the FitzheKbent sidi, has met with splendid- country, and np eiigipef'Ring difficulties - what ever, arid that from -the iayestigafion now being made the"' merit's t>f jhat route will iiesult iv its being dorlarftd inflnHely sup^Rior to the Foxton one: it -is motie; tha;u- possibje, theni that p.ur Southrt-n frientis : have had the unwelcome intelligence, also, and that yviil furnish the. clue to the pteryiew with the Ministep, well knowing, tha^when the two re.-: 'poriß a*e placed Hide by side %ne.y will have, little to. hope. for. We am just as; l^istous jis +ho Fostomana that the line should be coristructed at both ends simultaneously v but \\ss eagerness 'does n.o(j «xi»tr t^o the

eitent of rushing blindly— or -more correctly speaking — with our eye wide open, into the expenditure of thousands upon thousands of pounds' which; would be little better than •money thrown away. Our respected Epxtori: contemporary m a recent is-sue-dilated m graphic language upon the hundreds of thousands of acres of ma^rti'ficent land which lay be^ tween FoxtonCa.rid' Paikaitiriki, and was particularly wroth-when the accuracy of the statement was questioned in^-thJßs^oolums! We imagine that m making the assertion the writer was drawing slightly upon his imagination. At all events no matliter from . what source the -information has been derived, we beg leave toTeceive it with great reservation, arid if our contemporary is inclined to take us to task for our temerity :he has only to place a straight edge upon the map between JPqxton and Paikaikiriki, arid to his surprise .he will find that when j;he track does 7 n6t go along the heavy line of sandhills it actually cuts across the sea beach below, high water mark. When he has recovered frdm'H;he s uprise and disgust aroused by this discovery, he can place his straight edge between Palmerston and Paikaikariki, and the | thousands of acres ,o£ magnificent land which he had m, his . mind's eye, I "will become possessed of existence. We trust that our suggestion will be adopted, and that the deputation already formed with regard to Fitzherbert wants will have its. labors extended, .and proceed to Wellington armed with resolutions to back ! up the monster petition forwarded a fey? weeks since.