THE PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O' CLOCK P.M. Ressurexi. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4,1878.

Thames Star, Volume IX, Issue 3059, 4 December 1878, Page 2

THE PUBLISHED DAILY AT FOUR O' CLOCK P.M. Ressurexi. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4,1878.

If any difference of opinion exists between the Press and people of the Thames as to the intention's of Ministers regarding the commencement of .the railway to.Waikato, it is to be hoped that- they will still preserve,a semblance of unanimity in keepins the Government to their promises. That there is a difference of opinion in the Press is apparent. What our contemporary regards as a ." snubbing" we view as; an extremely satisfactory answer. Mr Macandrew informed Mr Bowe that " the work was directed to be done shortly after the Railway Bill became law; and my, desire is to prosecute the, undertaking vigorously, and to urge on the speedy completion of the line uninfluenced by unreasonable impatience." If this can be called a "snubbing," we trust the next phase of it will be in the direction of sending a staff of surveyors and engineers to carry out the necessary. preliminary works referred to by Mr Macandrew. We need not assure our contemporary, that we have not entirely forgotten the teachings of pur youth, in which was embraced the parable of the importunate widow; and we shall always be glad to lead the way in urging upon the Government the necessity of action if we see that valuable time is being lost, or the work needlessly delayed. The reference to the recent election for the Mayoralty in connection with our alleged "suddenly acquired respect for M misters' feelings" we scarcely understand. If our contemporary intends it as an insinuation that the present occupant of the Mayoral chair will relax his efforts in promoting the railway or any other business, in con-, sequence of. the result of the recent election, we' simply do not believe there is any grounds for it. And our contemporary must be aware that the newly-elected Mayor is not in a position at present to make us.c of any influence he may possess from an official stand point. O u \" suddenly acquired respect for Ministers' feeiiri£S «>sts only in the imagina-, tion of the writer Of the paragraph in our contemporary. When Misters do what wo believe to be right we applaud their actions; and when they have gone crooked, in any remarks ws have made there has been nothing vague or indefinite. Once more, we hope there will be no djlsogrejj- ! menfc in our midst as to the means to be adopted to control the powerful influences in Auckland against the railway from here, or as to the policy to be pursued by

the local bodies, the Press and the people in keeping the Government to their word.