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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 223, 18 September 1872, Page 2

The Examiner and ourselves are. not' likely to agree upon the respective merits of 'ihe two -sides of the question at issue between, us. We are told this morning,. \ that we have made out but;,a,'weak case in' ; support of the assertion, made in the Mail ; a few weeks since "and assailed by our \ contemporary 4^n: iSa^rday last, that the i Superinten^ierjt^f^ariborongh had displayed 'more energy and earnestness in ; procuring the commencement of the Ficton [ajn^.BJenheim^i^e; than had - MT^Guriasj r with refeiencp^f^ railway.; have made out a very strong" case., vWith as the' principle of the Act was agreed to^

passage through the Assembly this session,;, as the altefatiqji contained in it referred ' onjy M a, changolofrsite, and, therefore, .that -?it^wo^l4Jhaye]b;e^en|perfectly.safe to order J^| p|a^t long beftof c this, but supposing such a^slep' to" hav r e been considered undesirable, why was the money borrowed in April for a work that it was known could not be commenced before October or November, * thus involving the payment of' six months' interest for no purpose whatever ? The Examiiier, we are glad to find, admits our right to criticise Mr. Curtis' acts, but claims that this should be done fairly. We contend that we have been perfectly fair in pur remarks : we could have had no possible motive for being otherwise, since we always have afforded, arid are prepared still to afford, a. general support to Mr. Curtis, and are, therefore, not likely, to find; fault where; hone exists. • • -,■•','-',■ i .'■