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Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3314, 5 August 1879, Page 2

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1 ]Am^^^^-oi'io^^ wntes as follows:—At this particala^ Jubctare of the pre««nt; s session it is in^erestinx to noti«e,howtb* member for; th» Waikato stands reUted to the Sontk. Look at the position ho took at the time when Ministerf of A» day alienated frqm the countfjj the Bjako . Bjw«mpi(oa««ri 103*000 a* res at 2s 6d per a«n. Was th|t the reason of his abandonment of tke Northern interest P Look at his action ■Mr wife ;TO«rfltri°??'»*i|nlMW(Bre:?fV' -Fox leader of the Opposition; his leaguing with Southern^ members ;;to; the*] deffi;| , ment of the K^rth; his support of all| attempts ihat w^iend to fprther the interests of. the South to the prejudice of, the North — Eichardion agaAst inP

Thames and Waikatd line—and theaubtle . move to bring before the H^use a scheme to; build a railway through the Piako Swßtnp property at the expense of the ■bbunti'yi With erery. 'bei.ng, sanctioned by « Ministry formed fronVthp Opposition, the member for Waikatb in

ma usual virtuous manner reiusrag to pc a member of such Ministry, having a great voice in it A petition is to be presented to the Hoofle by the member for the Waikatg (a sTwreholder in the PiWlco Siramp Company) praying that a line may be made from Cambridge towards Auckland, which will form pnrt of a maid line between Auckland and Taupu, showing a station near Hamilton fiv,p miles in Fiako Swamp. This petition is signed by the Chairman of Tamehere, who ii the Manager of the Fiako Swamp Company; sighed by the Chairman of Waiksto County Council (active* shareholder in Fiako Swamp Company) signed and supported by others who- are more or less 1 drawn into the vortex such as a powerful company can command in politics.' If this swamp was procured from a Ministry upon such terms and under such circum* stances that the House of Representatives thought in necessary to pass a law that no future ministry should have "the power to exercise—what will now be said as to , the building a railway through it. } Land sharks wifh their erer*;. curing and uhderiicnting Bcbemini;, may, with l a squatbracy, wre»t' mi' puplic estate from the general revenue",' and destroy the efficacy of a land revenue, as one of the greatest resources that a

Ward tbj as a legitimate and sure source of revenue. But tell me sir the consequences to a rising community, such as Waikato, if this political jnb is perpetrated. What are the small farmers on the banks of the Waikato, for miles in the districts of Kirikiroroa and Xoomakoro to do; where are »ll the interests of the Borough of Hamilton, if the pro* posed rout is sanctioned and carried out P The value of all will bo transferred to the great lauded estate of the Piako Swamp. The peasant proprietory which has began to take hold in this part of the country will be ruined. Shopkeepers and men "Who*hare bought an acre, and established a j home, will of necessity hate to drift away. With regard to Cambridge district hiving a railway by all possible means— arid junction; as all was agreed at Hamilton. But let not that Cambridge requirement, be a pretext* for such a nefarous transaction as the Auckland and Taupo main line, via Piako Swamp.— Yours Ac, AtBBKT Potteb, Hamilton.