PUBLIC MEETING AT WOODVILLE.
■ (From the Manawatu Times, 6th inst.) A large and influential meeting, in which most of the residents and land owners in the district took part, was held at Murphy’s Hotel, Woodville, on Wednesday evening, having for its object the bringing of some pressure to bear upon the Government in order to get tho longpromised, bridge erected over,the Manawatu at the Lower Ferry. Mr. Holder was voted to the chair; and: there were present—Mr. D. Maoarthnr, representing the Feilding Corporation, and Messrs. McNeil and Linton from Palmerston. -
The following resolutions were passed : That this meeting take all possible- measures to urge the Government tp erect a bridge at the Lower Ferry, at the west or lower end of the Manawatu Gorge. That the inhabitants of Woodville and its surroundings ask the co-operation of the inhabitants of the Manawatu in pressing their claims on' the Government for the erection of this bridge. . That the thanks of the inhabitants of Woodville be conveyed to the Government for the prompt manner in which they have attended to the reqneat' for telegraph connection with Palmerston.
That the thanks of the community be conveyed to those of the Manawatu residents who have so long agitated for the erection of the bridge and other matters, intending to benefit this district. - , . ■
That the Government, will not be biassed'by any reports that may reach them from speculators, who, in order to benefit themselves, have represented that a road.on the south side of the Manawatu will remove the necessity of the bridge. . That the 'members in both districts he requested to press the resolution on the Government, and that the chairman be requested to write to them to that effect.
That if this bridge is erected, and a toll charged, one man could collect the tolls or. the bridges,which would effeetasavingof £lsoper annum. This item alone would go a long way towards paying the interest on the cost of the building.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5393, 10 July 1878, Page 3
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325PUBLIC MEETING AT WOODVILLE. New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5393, 10 July 1878, Page 3
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