CHRISTCHURCH.
Monday
A public meeting re the West Coast railway was held to-night. About 250 were present. It was resolved.—(l) That this meeting desires to urge upon Government the desirability of connecting the East and West Coast of the island by railway with as little delay as possible, in order that the productions and mineral resources of both sides of the island may be interchanged to the mutual advantage of each. (2.) That, in the opinion of this meeting, the most direct and cheapest route will be via Amberley and Ahaura, and that the Mayor be requested to forward these resolutions to the Hon. the Premier. . " •
A meeting, held for the purpose, re* soved to telegraph a congratulatory address to Lord Beaconsfield.
At the Magistrate's Court to-day Wm. Connell, who assaulted Mr !1 homas, solicitor; in the public street on Saturday, was sentenced to two months' imprisonment with hard labour, and ordered to -find sureties for his good behaviour at the expiration of that time. Prom his appearance in Court, Mr Thomas seemed very heavily punished. The affair arose out of a bankruptcy case. Connell asserted that he took a man named Moss, who was about, to become a bankrupt to Thomas, and that Thomas, in undertaking to put Moss through the Court, promised to see that Connell's claim was paid, but afterwards Thomas refused to pay him. Thomas said he made no such promice, and that Connell had not the slightest claim on the estate of Moss. Connell, who was very violent in Court, said be had come all the way from Wellington to assault Thomas. , . - ; The Chamber of Commerce held a meeting to-day to consider the question of railway communication rith the West Coast, and passed resolutions thanking the Canterbury members for the action taken,,and in effect that the route via Amberley would be the best and cheapest:. They also resolved to ask tbe msmbers of the Assembly to support the Canterbury members in their endeavors to get that route adopted.
(from a cobbespondent.)
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2962, 13 August 1878, Page 2
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