The Wiararapa Daily. FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1883. THE RAILWAY ROUTE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1317, 2 March 1883, Page 2

The Wiararapa Daily. FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1883. THE RAILWAY ROUTE.

We pppH in another column, a letter from Mr Hawkins .on th« route question, : It commences with an ingenious fallacy, but improvos towards its close, WheiiMr' Hawkins asserts I that" the supports of the Forty-Mile; Jush route ha-ye ,<&allenged yote of; the county," he betrays an almost astounding want of knowledge of ppblio opinion in this'district We can ajsure him that the settlers to whom he alludes did not introduce this element into the election, They'simply regretted that it should have been prejudiced by an agitation which they regarded as mischievous. Had Mr Hawkins called it a stumbling : block instead he would have hit the mark. The advocates of the Wangaehu route have scored a point in obtaining the support of. the Castlepoint Highway IJtoard. It is very natural that the (extreme .east of the .county should be be opposed to a route. A considerable portion of Mr HApfNS 1 letter is devoted to announcing; 'Mr McGeegOe's sentiments on tbo railway route question, Mi* MoQbboor has had a favorable opportunity of speakfor himself recently- had he chosen to do so. Possibly, Mr McGbegor's enthusiasm has already carried him too far in the Wangaehu matter, and his Bilence has been judicious, Still, if we are to have his sentiments, we,.,v/ould prefer getting them direct, and not through the mediumsblp of Mr. Hawkins. . Mr McGregor has, we .ishould say, already suffered enough in the Wangaehu cause without, being jvprried ,or. beguiled: into, repeating an, jndjsoretion.: He must, as a public . man, the convictions of his ponstituents^s.,,fellas his own opinion. White we do riot desire him to be false to hiinself on the one hand, we should be sorry to jeei ; him betray the confidence of •jyjs.sup'j porters on the other., Apart, howeveiy from these personal considerations, .we. : object in io{pto;the position! on which : .Mr;'HAwk:iiiß builds up his advocacy of I mo Wangaehu route. By selecting his i own starting rjoint ho can undoubtedly, ' make out a'case, but if fye eoinrflences : his fitFiietore on a sandy and deoUneß to go 4o¥n to below, the; edifice fa imi,; jjowever ; showy'-:it;:may nbe, 'wil^be; one; that'.will be very easily:, tumbled' : over. ;1 The" route: question■.■iiv.aiib;; ; sidiary' to the ;•' a'yrailway ; . at^rill./'-Parjianiehl ' has.given-us'ftrailwaynorth ;'■' terton,andif we desire:to^forin^an: > point w$M w« v7P?7 jmjpc^tVone

—r- '■ ,1,1;. ~ .... -,, ';,!• ■■, ,-a,.-; ■■ ..ity ■-■ ■. nder iy hich thy *^j[ft is jinetimes ah\ lelgifiipwl iu;ilie rjiisni f : ; tice of a powerful riyal •line' the gift" m obtaihedtfor the district with great ifficulty,'and the sending- of it' .back ithepresent stage ;^eims; losing it Itogethe'r,'; We havei wtuallf w&W he go withut; '■" "We" sincerely forty-Mile Bush line is the best line. s is cerkinly,the beiilavmtabM\ne>\for\ nth us ; i t> is(Ho^bN l p ohbice';.. The! Vangaehu line may or : may not be a. letter route.. Its advocates sofar have ,BBerted a good deal and proved very' ittle. We would willingly agree to nil proof-being takenoorf r this line if a*. rial lmethrongh'Wangaehu'didhdt cost j is our railway vote. We can be no larties to taking such a risk...; We-jvill lot follow Mr Hawkins in his argu--nents in favor of this route because we •egard the discussion as igre«withhimwheivbeßayß""4hatthere' ? ' nust be a railway from Masterton.to Woodville islettled so far, and we don't wantit unsettled.. If.we-didje would enlist' inder Mr' Hawklns''"banner?"' We irust that the hinfe giy.en,in- Haw kinb' letter to make "the question "a' Oounty onej wfl] not be''taken.' We lave no objection to it beingidisoussed by. both Counties West and East, more specially by the former, as that Council xiuld approach the subject 'with' less bias, excepting that we feel certain that making a County question of it will lead to.no practical result, and'will not, assist the views of the promoters of the Wangaehn extension In conclusion we would assert that Mv Hawkins has grossly misrepresented the report made on this line by Mr Poy two years ago. In doing so, he has no 'doubt been misled by idle rumors current in his disj trict, but none the less is : he * to : blame for. making .very positive, statements whioh are unsupported by any. reliable facts.-From enquiries''^haveiinade we have come to. the. conclusion, that this report instead of being superficial and inaccurate is: exact and The )}i)o was surveyed and levels taken for a distance of over twenty miles from Maatertpn, and no mei'e ; assertion can upset the data recorded of thissectibn of it. Of this section, -we' untjerstandj the first six miles are favorable, but the next fourteen miles are simply impracticable. The ruling grade instead of being 1 in 42 as on tlie Forty-Jfilc Bush route is 1 in 25,and;on\ope.|aMe the grade reaches j. in I?. Throughout the U miles the track is tortuous ,anc circuitous, having to be cut out of steej

hill-sides. This is ft record of levels which is fatal to the project, ' Does Mr Hawkins go so far as to assert that

these levels are erroneous 1 ) If the advocates of the WangaehU' route chuik this they ought long ago to have sent ari engineer ( 'along...the jonte to test them. If'they do not go' sVfar as tbiß

it is idle for them to try and cram such levels down the throat of an experienced 'Public Works Department. ,-:• >

T.o-morrow is the monthly pay .dav of the Maatprton Building Society.,'; (,■}.[ ■ Messrs- Noll and Oockery,. purpose, running a four horse coaflh to the Tenui Races.

Lord Lennox, a son of the,flake pf; Ricl|i)jond, is fine gf a pai'ty apoitaajeu who left Masterjop tljis morning for Brancepelh, ' '■"'"' '•'"."' Tna first meeting of (ha pswjy constituted East and West Wairarapa jObunijes are fixed by his Ewellenoy the jjoverhbr for to-jnorrow;■■■•■• '' '"

Judge Hardcastle having returned- to Wellington Mr H. S. Wardell B>P is relieved from lm dutisa in the Empiw % ! ... ; :' ! ' :,;/i

A committee meetmgin conneotlpn.wiih the improvement'of the Masterton Park Oval will, be held at. the Institute this evening; .■ :.;.-,,' ; /.. : , ; <\r '■

..Mr; F. H, Wood-coridubta; a sale ol freehold property at his''Carterton room! to-morrowi ,','' ;;, ; " ' •

The wfilji firm of Messrs' Mjlli and Cable, .lron/oynderjj Wellingtonibjjs; heen disso'lved.'by mutual 'e'nnßant, The husinoas will be carried eu by Mr iWilllam Cable. '; V'-'.'.' '' ".'••.'' '

Mr D- W, Clayton, of College-street, Wellington, advertises in another column a number of propertipaforsaje,-""" .''"' The public sohooj a.t Mastertpn wfll. be closed this afternoon to enable the pupils; to attend the Anglican Sunday School Dicnlc in Mr Judd'a paddock.'' ': We understand that the replay monthly meeting of the"Featherrton- flighwlay, Board whiohfalls due tomorrow has been postponed for a week in order not to clash with the County meeting on the same day, • ; y. ■;!' "-' _'. w-l

, The concert at Morrison's Bush held on Wednesday evening' last: was- a very successful affair,. There was a fair attendance,, several families from Greytown ■ "hieing present, A good programme was given; and gavo evident satisfaction, ~.,;

A sub-committee was .appbinted-at the lnßtgpoej.'«l meeting of the Orioket Club,; Greytown, to majfß) arrangements ; for-' holding an enterlainj)jent a) an in aid of the funds pf the G|t|b, but we have not since hoard what has been'-donf. •in the matter.' : The -Secretary .'of,, the; Club informs us that he has received two donations of £1 eaplcfrom Messrs il**P*.' Eusselland J, Fuller towards the working expenses of the Club, and, intimate's his .willingness to accept any like contribulions* jf fdrtjjcp'fnihg. ~*'^-': . r •■..:.'■ -.■...:;:''.:;',;::/ '"'.:;:?■ i-V ' ~.,,.■ Wphave-.been fayored ! by..M,r theMasterlpn.Postrnaster, Ajhpbe fol-. lowing 'ltem's'of'jnfbriri'afion '!' aorippction ; witlf the : bußin,e/ J! «f .#e |-Thp amount bf'mbney orders uauad fov. the half year■arapunted to the.sumpf. MU 3s 1&, money orders paid X 1073 la 10dj amburit'of Savijigß; Bank for the same period £2616, with-' . which was passed through for. thp half year w.a.s sflsW ffi ! VJ! A v '@hVng*i9i J pap§r (ibat] Ohtoial', f oMfew/flt»«i has gone blind;•It appears l hat, while trainings horap in Hong Kong, he was lhrown,,striking l|is forehead violently against thpi'rails of the ring;':'. Hii injury was: aeribuii,> and he; took'medibal advicej the reauh being that heiwa's told to'abstain from' training,a,nd' apd to sfttit;himself up ina'dark.rppmtp'; ' : ejrds.! .ThJß ; sdv.iceßkorChiftHnr and .^hen'h^iV'^ .'^aVadeompanilcTi, oy' ; ; tjj?6 pjieflioal -alffeh-' got':wprse^andrafter,a''boniDlppn-witfi; ;:thePfench';doctbrßi:i^ inoye;one of 'his.eye,B ; tb ; 'pwer': Thiswai-i'dw^iWudli^ was bleanedi;>;B.ut„ thesej;wuiediesl^rere. nhavailing,;and! i}pWiiSignplif Gbiati^ia* :ibtiJly''Win'(J;^ ■

eA;ohild'of ;Mf ■ B .■: QuickC died; yestefg lay JByery rara| 'iz.vininßauibebtwn of iffi ; loameticia : ■ to-mottow; -aliphs: IrpplJ! iaving|eenre'matkedatloj|pric||| p ;.The|annuli:'sale of EinMnVe wf all ambs'^frbm t Mr M ■ Papurupurii?flock; took place at the:;Wau : 'arapi.andßMt.OqaatPaiitoral and ifterndon; numKertof vißiiffltsin* was ■ somewhat limited, not h'tent"on':ptirohßlirigiT|ir Che,aale |rMobd|||h]j' f tOBS for?Brat^erf6fnia'tooe , .'" ; >rhe terms' "of the sale were cash, each lot being sold on the run out, and in numbers at the option; of ;he purchaser, at each bid, as mentioned below, the, total number yarded; being 3321, viz., -2151 iewea, and 1170 lambß, fhe sale (did not' start until after two; a'oiookVbuf wafall over by: three, j Two-' tooth, 60, wiih option of taking 20J)-Mr Alpasß, 200 at 16s; Mr H, R. jfjunny, 190' at 18s 3d. •Pour to six-tooth, 60, with the option of taking the lot-Mr A. McK«nz^242^t ? ;9i^d.U'^l-rnouih < lam.KtWnialjji't■. A4M^pKiDzie 1 .p6 at 9s. Five ; year-old,. 50, with option of taking 800 T Mr A. .Mo'Kenzie, 600 at 9s 6d, 465 atßs ! 9s6d; A.B. Grant, 200 ; '-af"# 'Lambs, - 100| with option of\takinjj 300—Mr H. MoMa9ter, 270' at 6s 9d, 300_at 6s, 600 a) 4s 3d. : Clothinpf at English price's on Saturday j -, •-'•Men's Trouiew/andWests for 9s lid a! Ram 4jHAitE , s,-r[ADVT,| ;)'<_ 9d each kt the Men's -Tweed Suits 26s 6d at te & Harb.-[Adw.] . Men's Serge BultsWs lid at the Em' pbrium.—[Advi.];'- - The improvements effected ot late years i: ladies', corsets have been very great, and strikingly beneficial ■to health. Foremost among theße lor their peculiar excellenoiei are Rosenthal's sanitaire and Dr Warner'; coraline corsets. The former is 'conatructoc to 'obviate-the 1 -debilitating effects of thi ordinary covets by-relieying the delicate ad 'and meobWcal pressure, while still affording a healthful anc oofaf6ftable"^uWdrt:td*:tKb c *Barer.' Th support to the figure is properly distributed 'and !t thb' : of tight-lacinj neutralised. boned with a new substance, whioh is vastl; superior; to horn or.whalebone, It oanno 'break'but will:jo every instancefoutlastith corset.- being more pliable that whalebon it adapts'itself more readily-to the move mentsot the body.-. Both .these admirabl; cornets canbe-hadinal! sizes and colors a' Jambs Smith's Tb iao Houbk.—! Advt.^