The Oamaru Mail. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 944, 26 April 1879, Page 2

The Oamaru Mail. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST.

N\*nvrrH»TAXMX« the trouble that the member* for this district have taken to impress op*>n the Government the unfairness nf fWHins to fulfil tlicir pledges to

pmo.-ed immediately with certain public wr.rka in this district, there i* as yet no promise of the extension of flic propitious showers which are favoring the North and Stotttb. "The hwivctis are as br&ss," despite the petitions that have been sent up. AH that appears oil the b«riKW» as the result of the promises that have been marie to this district that work» -which we a™ entitled to, beransr, being deemed essential, Parliament voted the amounts requisite for their pr.xwcution, » a cl«ud the size of a mans hand. We were told that the surveyors were t<> proceed yesterday with the survey t>f the proposed railway extension to Livingstone. Whether this is a 3linisterid tmve to keep oiir mouths shut or not, we are not tti a position to positively a*a«rt; bin, if we were asked to offer an opinion upon the subject, we should feel justified in expressing our belief that the promise that surveyors should be sent to survey the line, and even tbot'r OHittSGUiciit I in the prosecution of this work, is a blind. ; We shall be glad to discover that we arc ! mistaken ; but the broken pledges of the iMloiatv? for Public Works, and the general failure of the Government to \ fucttit its promises, forces us to arrive at :,<jt«t*h a c»n«btsi«iti r and to write hard thtn-s (4 thosui who in other respects jkive earned our admiration. But, adtt.itting that we are wrong in our anticipations regarding the intentions of the Govecnnsent in reference to the Livingstone fottway, what about the railway station ;;utd the courthouse, votes for the constriction of which were long since passed '. There was r.t that n djtfj.mlty about the sittr f-r the station, and that, the Minister tVr ThLHe Works said, was the reason why tfw work had not been commenced up to the time of ids last visit here. But that dignity having been removed, and the iw..rk not having been commenced—'attfowsth several months have elapsed since Mr. Maeandrew favored us with the reason fur d«day— wtf alv forcibly reminded ;of how the Scriptural injunction, "Put not y,ntr trust in princes," would apply with ei'tnal force to Ministers. They may now stay that the Government has otherwise expended the money that was voted for the railway station and the courthouse, stnd have none with which to replace

W'-Urflt i-vl'f't.»f >;li Ht.' iff" I>C 'TIC titfat C> the e"fi.4stinttjat:«iii »! iit« *•-•»» of Parliament and the pledge of the Ministry that these works ah»j«Kl lw carried out. There is, however, a way out of the tlifripalty well known to Miimtew. Let them comments the works, so th.it we may have si.tiw* guarantee that th„y iiijond to keep faith with «a. If they negteet to do this, who knows but that they mr\v be dollied the .ipporturdEV'-f c.irryii-y o;tc the d---.ivs i>f Parttsimettt and thttr pivimt..<es. rtinl tit i." '*,-> why ' s i r ,;.„«Vei»'ea,«»yih..:.-..;; l If the

presient Miid-Ury play Us -t'..--h a g:ime. ch.-y wttf W resp-.uii.-dble for v. hat will be knh* there.rf. Their treatment of our cepreaentative* is anything hut that which representatives had a ritjht to expect and evendetiuamt. They have beendumbto their

even contemptuous ; and if we were the uicinhent fur the district we should not be unmindful of this when the time arrives for them to show their appreciation or otherwiaeof Ministers' conduct. Wc think that our members should semi an ultimatum to the Ministry, atattm: that if something is not immediately done towards the carrying out of promised works it is probable that the of Oaniaru will go to the trouble ~f holding a pttbiie meeting to bring all possible pressure to bear upon them. We are tiuite sure that the Ministry would be glad to prevent the necessity for taking jattch a step.