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Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 99, 9 October 1863, Page 4

(To the JEditoi* of the Inverctirgill times ) Sir,—Permit me to ask, through the medium of your paper, whether Southlands suffering from chronic cafalcps.y, or whether it is voluntarily ofForin? itself upas a public martyr ? Of course it lias a right to go in to any extent for either sleep or martyrdom so long as only its own interests are concerned, but in the meantime we at St John's find ourselves in the uncomfortable position of falling to the ground between two stools. "When Lake Wakatip first becane famous, Otago took us by the h \nd and sternly forbade us to hold any intercourse with our neighbor InverraftriH; so it was arranged-, and we have received promises and lived in hope, though gaining little by our position, till now we ore Cast off altogether. Tho great man from whom we take our name has decreed that, the Bunstan road planned by him is all su/ficien't for the Lake District,—it does not go near Southland, a~d consequently iilicst be patronised, '.fho escort goes I)ia the Arrow to Queenstown, the mail also. All. direct communication between this place and Dunedtn ceases. Tbe Nokomai, Nevis, and Stvitzcr's diggings must get ri I of their gold any way they can —oar letters miy be detained to an indefinite period —ottr energies must waste —our laid out capital yield no return. Why does not S mthland step forward at this critical juncture, and seize the favorable moment to make us nil her own*? Why does she not at once open a*n agency and send some troopers and pack horses for the gold, which is being obtained in considerable quantifies at the Nokomai-; and why do not Messrs Cobb and Co. put on their long talked off coach, and make us independent of ouv surly stepmother, Duuedin P If this opportunity is not taken, it will not occur again, for St John's is rampant and cannot wait. We wish for the help amd patronage of Invercargill, and will be true leal subjects if she will rescue us from oblivion but if this procrastination and trifling go on, we must only turn away in disgust and insist upon our rights in another quarter. I am, Sir, yours &c, Wakatip. StJoh^s, 4th0ct.,1563.