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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3121, 18 February 1879, Page 2

Although our Waikato friends do not complain .of the railway works being commenced at the Thames end, they are concerned, and naturally, about -the start at their end. We never opposed a beginning at both ends of the line, and for that matter we should hate liked to see work begun at both ends of the line, and in the middle. The sum voted for the financial year, and the difficulty of getting the work forward precluded this idea, but it is to be hoped -that a much more liberal rote will be placed on the estimates next session, so as to expedite the formation of

the railway, which, despite the authority of the Wellington Times that it will not pay for grease to the wheels, will, we hope and firmly believe, be the means of uniting a large producing and a large consuming district, and adding largely to' the Colonial revenue. We are glad to see that bur Waikato friends are alive to this fact* In-proof o^ Which wejmay publish; these telegrams, wnicfi:ghowtliat the representative of Waipa is not unmindful of the wants of his constituents, and also that the Minister of Public Works is not forgetting what is now required of him. Telegrams have passed as fellowi:—

Mr McMinn, to the Hon. the Minister

for Public Works, Wellington— Public Works are not being proceeded with, as promised. Nothing is done in reference to Waikato and Thames, rail-, way, nor Hamilton branch railway. The bridge is of first importance, even as a matter of economy, owing to the length of time required in its construction. Great dissatisfaction prevails at the loss of time incurred during the best part of the working season. —Edwaed G. McMinn. ''■';;"

The Minister for Public Works, to Edwd,

G. Mc.Minn, Esq., M.H.E.— All the works enumerated by you are being proceeded with faster than any similar works ever were previously. .It is impossible to do more than is being done, and I fear public dissatisfaction will not accelerate matters. There are a great many preliminary operations to be got over before works can be actually commenced, which, were you in my shoes, you would speedily discover, j I have ■authorised a large extension of staff, and, I fear, exceeded my duty in accelerating these works, and regret that I get no better thanks.—J. Macandrew.

Government Buildings, Jan. 18, 1879