The Wanganui Chronicle TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31. 1871. NELSON AND FOXHILL RAILWAY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 257, 31 October 1871, Page 2

The Wanganui Chronicle TUESDAY, OCTOBER 31. 1871. NELSON AND FOXHILL RAILWAY.

The town, and we think we may say, the country districts of Kelson have been roused out of their proverbially somnolent state by theToinor that there-is-a division in the camp of their representatives witb regard to the Nelson and Foxhill railway. . The questipn of the Brogdea contract having been decided by a large majority ■ -.--of the House, -the. people of Nelson are not disposed to putup with, the loss of a portion of the money that' will be expended during ,the ensuing year upon.,, railway i -works* and consequently, 1 they, /have taken the alarm at the report that; has reached them to the effect that one or more of their "members are opposing the carrying out of a scheme which must confer so ' great % benefit; upon/this province, and. have decided that it'will be advisable that a meeting should be called without delay, to obtain an -expression b£ /public opiniop 1 ; : upon : the f; V&a'tter ;. ;. ; ' ; A- Requisition is .', in", course of signature['id'theDepaty.Superintendent .asking: :^! 19^/>nv,ene ;such a, iwitho'ut; delay^and lisftherejare; -various entertainments taking^ptece&this ■week it is thought that 10-morrow evening, aUhough the notice must necessarily Jbe a short one, will be the most conven- I

ient for the purpose.^ c Thiaj is^not a. 5 matter that interests $he town jalone,* but is one ;ao> which' tJKe v :?yvbole,; of the country districts are con- ■ cerned, and we hope to see a large' attendance, including the members of the Provincial Council, from the Waimea and suburban districts. Such resolutions hs willbe required to be passed by the meeting should be adopted unanimously and by the representatives of all classes. They" must go to the Assembly as the embodiment of the wishes, not of a < few, but of the whole of the inhabitants of the settled districts of the province, and we trust therefore that, no matter how inconvenient it may be to country settlers, to attend tomorrow night's meeting, they will be present in large numbers, and show by the interest they take in the matter that they are deeply impressed with its. importance, and that both town and country will act in concert iv demanding of their representatives that. th,ey shall leave no stone unturned to obtain the immediate undertaking of so desirable a work as the proposed railway.