MASTERTON-WOODVILLE RAIL WAY.

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

MASTERTON-WOODVILLE RAIL WAY.

V iTO^THBEDiyOB^iIR^RApADAriiy.] 1 ' ' '-Sib, I—The 1 —The Bupporters of tbe^ortyrMile Bush route have; the' vote of the' East or 'North (joiMy. : They have ipJaceithsJeJOotjon ofptbe Councillors of. ' the •AlfrMtOn apt)"Mpteftop Ridings oh the.'diatMc^'Usue!—'• Have -you sup. ported M willijoo.mpport the, Forty-Mile-Bush.,route,.or have joy demanded,'or. ; .will you d'eqiand.i,.aioppago pf'jrprJta till full enquiry shall have 'been m'ideas'to the [proposed; rqutefor, the railway." Jfou yourself, sir, have admitted the issue, In . say that, Vote and. thaiwoit urifohupate Wangaehu depnta-j tibi "if smother Mr''McGregor," I .Of joa flay that his ! brother's fa»orihg : of'tha route ! "isenough to deprive the-Coilrity;of his ; BerVioes.V > Well, iir; HhV.ieUlers have gnayered the phallenge, afi'd bave questfongd youj They have • returned Mr i|oQrßgor and Jjfr'G." Beeiham h; majorities, have been taunted .by tl)o Minister of Public . MrK4|at'thi;ri)»iority of the people; were agajnst-.us, We have been taunted • with' being-ia feff'inperej}tgd runhjilders, biit now (he ball is rplljng and js growing ■ i'tbo" ■'TlieCastlepointiHighway Board haß awakened {rMrMapfeayiJi. gentleman of capacity an'dJarge eimarjence has 'joined . ,our.fnnok,deßDiied /I band| and, we have ■ 'yet to'.'j'ee 'if' still,'greateV additions,will -ppj;[ba/rtadejlo |tjie. jof;-. tijppe who "demand' that, publip'money should pot be squandered; 1 aM J Ministerial jobs hurried. through; with indecent haste to the; public '; v'.j;' 7;;.:::;,':j'rii,;' ! • ■ ' \ "' jfliiy'Aith'f all you'have said of '■: -MT'MpGfegbfjib'ut you/have not iouohed '. uppn b.iß.bestTjUftlity-that of boldindel; knew |; -IwfitU >»^n;ife^Tß«p|yjßidifiq'ffipcuniPAtiy the ', certajnly alfenate a iarge.numb'er.ef the-Opakiand Maurice- ' ville aettle'tiand endanger his Beat, but • Ije.felt, that jit was, his duty to aot upon, bis '" ;a\r6rig eonviotibn. \ audit rejoice to find:, .(hat he is rejected, and,l hope it will' »' obpfirfe him|;'if'that''ne'rio'eded,; in' his : bold doing what he believes 1 p.a t.o;-b> r rigj}tj yhefjj'er' it I Bjit,sir, ! |ftw:PoiiW:M»'MPoP|P.f; la lfß any other I I 'view'tKan'WPf P? ijjaß biujr than 1 Mr McGregor knows Jhs. Jgrge suras of 1/ public Hpnef'tbat'have-continually, and ' "up Po r ifiVs'yetfc , ysa p t- b^n ''"Pent ! ° n 'he '■ sum' exceeding J f4o,PoO;haa' been spent in prksbdnH that Mad. ..of which not one; i wmim.jmmsMin i' 1 , How could Mr Mcgrsgor for a ipqment ! be)ipvejttorbeaVVsndjusji'expendi- , tqra pf ptlWio. njpqgy tq parry a railway r >aii}e;.by sidej with, {hat toadj when he i knew.ihere were largp tjfaptp of land 1' settled and by >',' .piny fold,; a far ,' 'larger traffic"to the railway than those on 1 L the : Eptly'Mile Buib Jirte;; land thinigfc 1 \\ 3, reported an eMieraiid a; more practicable ;•'• f^a^lyJ!ay;ioflld,b ! f«undf p ' TheriS; jwaaori" that has been }. offered- -byci)je;Mi'nlßftr:;;.Qf ; i' Works ,pr .that of; tbjridyocates; of-'the ® but vsm I e raiaap^icatinh'^if. public' 1 Mm

: thV possible .routes rilhe'rliwajKfromMeatertbn;to WoodioimakeabpDt seven ile9Jdf|ineS: bne>direfllion, which te; »nw|ly:|x^9; ; >oute; for the Bole lioe; s y;||e Qovernment does this, w lfe^4^ ; i- a ';thoy have ' n tne ' r inds!^pr{, f by, their own surveyors, ado tolKeTjuvernment under their own dors, that the line they have selected is )t, ji. gaqd Jme,, th at be iter one [istij' and .recommending"'thVm to inruct the ; railway engineers to surfey,-it r-the; -railway,; and Jhak'the ..report ade some,years' before" by"Mr Fdy was' [accurate and unreliable,: : ,V The Govement exgrased;, in. their' iindsthaiiHhiV/report'abould,¥ave!Je > aM it, that it is stated that orders have now len given to: the office'ra of .the Survey 'apartment; that no information should Bnceforth be givento to publico ;.j(ii ,•]([ iNow.fpr the effeot of, the Government ition! li'At'. I present! Ghe' whfilejlands .oofTthe FortyrMile, Bush Eoad are pened up, and a eboa>iri'ea'ns''of commaioaiiori and. traffic' exista. r -Bridge? all ew, road well metalled, therefore it, is at of place to talk 'about a. railway opening ,;..*' If the Government, take- the railway irther east, they will open lip absolutely ew'countrf of very'hii>h qualityi large" facts of whiohare admirably adapted for mall farm settlement—rich flat lands and oiling downs,"'So; that wei^hayenothing whatever /'to I ''' firte -'-by abandoning: the forty-Mile, Buab, routej ,eyerythinc to ain by taking one fu'rthefceaßti, ("What, lave we then to loaeK Simply, time | a lelay.'•■ of, five" months in rikiog a'propeirengineeVing survey./ > That.there must be a railway from kfaatorton to Woodvilleis settled. It i» 0 our interest; here v in Mastertnn to .Bee, hat it takes the heat; line, not the Worst/ Jertainly the language used by jhe angry upporters of the Forty-Mile Bush route 8 not complimentary to the people of Haaterton. : . They ..say. :.!',The money, for. nakifig-.theirailway to theGarap ia-yoted t -. ind j.if.'you dpnVpppose .thewvgmment, vill d'b spent an onoe. If you stop "the jovernment-making the-, line to the iJamg^ybiiirtay/ibealbnijwhile before; iny money ia spent '!■ I certainly hope :hat. there are enough farßiehted.and lenaible people in Masterton to laugh a ouf bfcwirt.| It';b m appeal to a sort of shortsighted, or ignorant Belfiahneas, which ,1 hope exista only in a few,, ,;.':■' ■' ' ' To conclude, air; in your last article you honored me personally with Borne remarks. I\ara so verysmall tt factor, in this matter that'l cantiot'help, thinking :it would be better if you wouldiaddress yourself to the matter itself rather than to the adyooate'whb' has taken up the cause of what he believes to.beipublic right, and public justice. ,'. Believe ; me,-that, .nothing you can Bay of my frailties or imperfeotiont will exceed my own measure of theii extent,'>while the'ptiblio.may believe that,'aocbrding to the; old adage, yot have rib pasb end' so abuse 1 the plaintiff 1 ! attorney,'- ''; : ';-_."'■•'.'• ; ' l, ;■ ■ ' ;■;;, lanj, etc; '■''■'•'■"' V ''. ~Robert S/HApiNs. ; ; v iBpBLING;POm' '- : A- bull in \ china' shop'is typical'6l 'd<inßte"rhatioft' aftS;. cpmUßib'ny. to' aaj nothing of damage") 'but a cbtv in. ai ironmongery and-a? grocery store car b'e a T'ery 1 'good*-substitute-for,thi traditional bull, ns was realised 1 yea terday■'by' Mr"Dtiflcan' 'M'Lean. I appeaj-a that a milch, cow belonging ti the widow got "tuted or poisoned in somerotherway so;as t send her into a state of madness las Tuesday,, While in her demented stat Rhe'ri\Bhed ; intb%t , 'Duncan'M'Lean' ironmongery, Btore. .and took charg of the shop for the time';'and a though, there mi 'no i daniige: th .consternation was .complete. Pitci forks, liars'of iroiii 'and'other' ?entl persuaders were.brpught into requis tion, : After a :reinoi 'Stran'ce'thatwas-anything.but gentl her ; boyinesjiip.': was" ; thrust out int theßtr;eet., She.ilj'en.' tflpk charge c the grooery store, afid the herpic du pehs'ers of fea ar>d sought refug on top pf tjje epptprj', The receptipi accprdsplfcierjadyshjp;nj"|i.e' stor sent'herintotha office, a irnall place i wMch\ N there ;was;no' worn (or-her t turn, and it Wi :: mml'W ,»)' got p»t of it, She of the yard,-her It of pwdne?s' becbni ingmore intense and dangerous- a the time, so,that if was-with : th greatest-difficulty that, m kepliatiiereantipreventediroiaidoija mischief.' At length she en'tingied-hi fore-feet in 'i covered '< well;. and; wi thus effectually ; prevented from being menaomg'(J|jjger to anybo'dyt ' i As: tl fit had by this"time ratlfer altogethi exhausted the animal, and'ane collapsei the was"taken"advftnta{ of, and s))e 'was <pitked aiidHrenders incapa'b)e offurger ynisp))ief. Thei Was ho'dbubt •as'tfl'the -'majlness of tl animal, but,wh.at J \y ; as. < the v cause of tl fit isiiiß'c'ertajnV M the appearance wj}ip)j ftocpmpanies pc eating the; tiftu plan She, however, plpsed,'ltef wit out causing a,iy loss qr'dftTijage to one save her owner, who no doubt wi feel the Joss severely.—Press, . DISGRAOTULEOAX!: ' " ; /' '] Tv"' ''.'(J"''/ ■• J The'inhabitantsyßulls, Eangitiki have been a good "deal troubled mind lately by a report, that'a muc used-well in i.the;,.tpwnship' j had bei poisoned, but thati appears. tb;.,l settling .fawn; t^ ; the "•■■ conviction :th they have beou"tb subjects pf disgraceful hoax.- ,Qn Tuesday, Ja somelsUlphuf was fora scattered round the well, together wi some fragments of a bottle, and piec of a labei;p> labels.) Ijttl| would, ha been tj»flt|g|}| pf this, perftaps. but 1 La^etpne',' a-yeMinaryJisfy|e.qnj 'pat fqrward reporteri l,: t|ai'-a ;ca wjjicft jje ba4 bank Qf bw feoiise open since > the; -lpreViotis v> Satar4i and a bottle of sulphur and two othc .containing; (arsenic.--jand,- stryohni ' itoWither'efrpm. He^dentified,, 1 jneftpg of pieces of label attached, t! to the.ope he kept tjje M$(W Pi ™ aJsQ' which hid. bgen '• ms».. SW&W bqttle, throv into the well, thsre was, gropdf presuming ,thatth9; : contents of ti ' with tht contents, haolalsotieen thrbwn'in, 11 of course, a scare was the result.-- J exammation t of fy watt 1 bufc:no traces of ( foid ', &6mfeqn'|e,ji|B,-' neyertheiess,, suggei pumping wt;; we there is n ■ ,muohlchans i it a ho«, acluiowledging his action.*