The Patea Mail. PUBLISHED WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAYS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1876.

Patea Mail, Volume II, Issue 155, 4 October 1876, Page 2

The Patea Mail. PUBLISHED WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAYS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1876.

Tuk moot!ups Ill'll! in Carlyle and Unworn, on .Saturday* lasi;, should be conclusive proofs that (lie peopL of the Patea district desire (he boundaries of (lie province, as originally laid down, to lie s(iicily adhered to ami, if our member and present Premier had any doubt on the subject before, the resolutions ■jcsuecl at both of thorn must have effectually removed it. Loth meetings were unanimous in the matters they met to discuss, and, we are glad to say, both places seem to bear in mind the old fable, relative to the bundle of sticks, winch, united, cannot bo broken, but separated can bo readily snapped asunder. The interests of ITawern, Carlyle, and other places included Avitlun the proposed Paten County limit, arc one, and unity at present means indeed strength. Nothing could be better than the action so far taken, for however warmly Patea may feel to Taranaki, the former does not care to continue the old connection, on the old terms, raid would far Taiber run alone. At the same time the divorce boars no ill-will in its train, and tho Taranaki and Paten counties, as well as their people, wiii wo hope ever be on the pest terms possible. .If the DeputyHiiperinkmdent could have made a. little capital out of (be late meetings, troll and good, but the object was too plain, tho pretext of sudden good-will was too transparent, and, though tho resolutions required were passed, the purpose of the people of tho district was not altered, and tho figurative herring did not in the least degree affect the imaginary scent. Mr Cowcrn, as Provincial representative, played his part exceedingly well, and the T)eputy-Snperintendeut should be specially well satisfied with his substitute, but it was an up-bill game and was hardly worth tne candle as to (ho results, All know that a railv.ay is most desirable, but with an empty .lienmiry Civ can wo lie idiotic cnouga. to expect ]t? Again, bow ludicrously abnrd was it to gravelv discuss whether this mythical railway*, or at least tn railway of an indefinite future, should bojaegun at both cuds or not; why not with equal reason have requested that it should lie lot in mile sections? The resolutions relative to the railway were simply nonsense, because the requests they contained wore impossibilities under tho present financial cireumsfancos of tho Colony, and it was rather surprising to find people of intelligence gravely proposing them. As to the Mountain real, there was both raymo and reason in urging its cornplet on, but there would have boon more chance of a favorable issue had partial works been asked for, sufil Imt to allow traffic, pending full and substantial formation throughout. Altogether, howeven tho late meeting's fsiv” been most successful, and hav; brought about a friendly feeling of local union that cannot help bearing good fruit in future. As to the Taranaki proposal of the. province being changed into a county as a whole, or the ridiculously small limits that the New Plymouth people desire for Patea, as a county by itself, the inhabitants of the hitter have expressed their opinions most unmistakeably, and surely these are entitled to some deference and material consideration at the hands of tho Legislature,