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Southland Times, Issue 679, 5 June 1867, Page 2

>^-~- ----- ■ == fsree of a Ministerial change Las ~3iken place. The squatters Lave suesßße9ed in tLeir designs. They^ as a jni"'SPOTity on the subject of railways, have janiifcwitted a majority, amongst whicb are gentleiaen comprising the present What action the Executive 3in£gnd to pursue, we are unable to say ; assure them that unless they prepared to Dring forward some mea&snx& wtich will open up the subject of ssgfctang^apart the land definitely for rail--^agrpurposes, their tenure of office will be indeed. The public mind will .sm^; allow of any trifling on this subject.

The question of the desirability of con.structing the proposed lines of railway is of too important a nature either to admit of trifling on the part of squatters, or of playing at Government on the part of anyone else. It is stated that a compact exists between the present Government and the squatters to the "effect that no action will be taken until . the survey of ihe line and pther prelimi-.. nary workfe accomplished. , If this. is f€a|ried out in its integrity, it virtually amounts to shelving the whole question. We can easily understand the motives which have actuated Messrs. HolmeSj Outhbeetson & Co., but wecannotunderstand the action of the present Executive in playing into those gentlemen's hands s 0 blindly and recklessly as they have done. However, perhaps before the end of the session some new.phase may arise that will tend to alter the disappointment ni>W- j££, e ?r^ loi-uuar iurmer remarK.