XPENSION OF RAILWAY INTO HAMILTON.

Waikato Times, Volume XI, Issue 877, 2 February 1878, Page 2

XPENSION OF RAILWAY INTO HAMILTON.

PUBLIC M.X .TING. •)nr «>f 'he Ku-irest pnlvic mpptinsrs tied toother at a d.»ys notice we i.ye ever nMfii'leJ m ILimilion w«s l^ld on Thursday li.life m the BiliiavUilqymuf tbeJiamiltuuJioftl.

One hundred and s«v\?uiy persons were present. Mr" Vialou having been moved jm^Jtifre clijEii^expl-ii ted tlie object of vthey'noetiiig, which was to v gi ntiol^ th^ (govern ftiHiifc the desirabiHtyjQf extending the nil way into show that the |||l^sj^fa> Mil by' Sir O^or^o Grey tifyhtiive' 'beeft' revived by h m, stating that* 'the pe-opln of tLirnilt.>n dM Iriot wwh to* have a station nearer than the present one received no support from the Himilfcon public. '•■''■ Mr Kennedy Hill; m moving the fi>\st resoutiou sail that the object intended by it was so unanaious y jthe wish of the people that he felt it a' most, unnecessary to refer m >re fnlly to it. The ground to be traversed between the r.ilwuy and 'the town was perfectly level and solid, and the work would be as inexpensive as a, work of the kind could possibly bo. The inconvenience to business men was much fett_of having, the station so far out of the town. He wou Id pr »pqse — That tins meeting, having heard that some person had telegraphed from Hamilton to the Government, stating that the inhabitants of the borough were unanimously opposed to the extension of the railway into the town, begs rpsjjejpjbfully .to assure iho Government that ;rt is the earnest wish of all the citizens to see such extension carried out. Mr Cumming, m seconding the above resolution, referred to thfc telegram alluded to by the Premier to the , deputation on Wednesday last, »n.l said that it would reman as an imputation on sotne of them till cleared up. No doubt Sir George (j>ey h t<! good groun <a for making the statement, but it wis most ile irable fch-tt the nia( er shon'<J hi' cleared v » " n< J ne re " p-nach of susj ..cion removed from i.moc-ii' persons inongst them. Mr V. Jo ly s»id he wouM take h 1 p?esent opportunity ol r*|»udiuting rhe authorship »>f the telegram referred to. He had Ixen told on Wtd.iesday that his nanr? had been cmple<l witl. v. He quiie agreed with the pnrj ort of tne te'eram tha. thy sta ion sir mid not be removed to Hnmil'on, bu ? he was quite able to fitjh his own battles, aud was not one to use o her people's nanies f»r his oiwn ends. ( Jheers.) Th«" tin.c was past, h • hougli>, wheu Miiy f«tiera t to uio\e the -tat. on sh >ui<l be made Many people had n>w an iuteres 1 m tne sta ion townshii, and he himself had given tven y- wo aor s <>f Lis laud on the understanding tna the station would be there, and it wn« nei her fair nor just that now they sh< u'd move the bcution M- X HiU ex Itined that the resoluuon said nothing about '* reiioviug 1 the ptat on." Wnat was son^'lu was to txtend the line. Ttie Chaiiman said that, as far as the telegram w«s cnncerne •', he understo d »• had been sent to Sir G. Grey before t lie s-.ttion was built. Mr Jolly then moved the following amendment : — That, m the opinion of this meeting, it. would be a reckless waste of public money i to move the Hamilton station from its • present site. No one ixne to second the motion. Captain McPherson said he would second it pro forma. The amendment was then read, when, amid considerable laughter, the seconder remarked that he thought the amendment was very strongly worded, aud, with some hesitation, 'on being asked if 1 he would d.) so, expressed himself willing* to remain its sec-ind: j r. ■ The amendment was then pa*, but only the proposer and seconder voted for it. The resolution itself, was put to the meeting arid carried unanimously — boh Mr Jolly and Captain McPherson voting for it. j Mr J. Knox then moved the : second reso'nli' n : — I That this meeting respectfully begs . that, if compatible with his public duties, Sir George Grey wjll be pleased to state the source from which the false report originated. I He. had heird a remark passed ' near him tint t> c Piernier had probably only been poking fun at he deoutatio i m i.h« m itter of the t _'c : giam, bar he altogether repu ited j the i e.H that 'he P-emer <>• tin* c-.lony wo ild d-> any such ih'ng. He mlieved that ir Ge>rge Urewi»u d furnish them wi h the soure fr m whence the cleg' am em nated, ; and thns remove the suspi-iou of bad ci«.izenship which had f.»l en vi on cerain per ons m >h s ir:mmnitiiv, a wl which oth- rwise. at the p Msent «lecti.'ns, would be used poi iitichl:v a .-ainst them, i: c ndidates. ! M J. K. McD-in.tid h;id heaid (■•ha 1 he h-ul bee n charge ' with b^inj ili«- send >r of this tnletrrani ti>- o-.ve He eh rge an em ; hi c denial. H<! wuM ca - off Ins rif lit hand r-itho- than o such a thing and m ~u.h ama uer. The -bar c against 'he Waikato ' t<- m N-ivi-gatiun Comp-tP.v w s qua 1 y U"j s ai.i-,1 f> lse. He trust d the name of the sendt r w >i»ld be giv»n up. Mv Jolly si-'c ind«-ii, „nd The resolution wa- t k ien put to ih? meiu:, an I crel unanim > is'v and wi k pcclamattin. ;Mr. M • ris ' hen pr pos--d — Tliat a committoe — consisting' of Messrs Vialou, Potter, Hume, N. R. Cox, Gutnmirig-, Le Quesne, and the mover— be appointud to wntt npon tlio Govfiiiment for the purpose of carrying- out the ob^ct of this meeting. The prpc«ed ; n:^ resolutions, he said, would be of li= tie value without ano-her to back ihem up and give, them effect. It was necessary fc» keep the matter befvre tlio Government until the prayer i f fho meeting was granted, aiid tbe-efore a working committee was necessary. Thai fcljey wpnW eventually s^cq^d

be felt certain. He had. been told i do very goo 1 authority that the * Minister for Pu lie Works,, as a , business run, was qditp 'op^n^jtd^t couviction iv a case like this, where t the truffi.s of the railway would )&«&»",' largely./ incre isod' ; by the lextensipnf ?,- find therofore it was necessary to | organise the raenns for keeping u^ 3 a con tin a) agitation on^ the raat-ter.^? ; ff backed up by the expressi'iti ! of [} the uuaniihoua wish of the people, " the Govermnetit would not refuse , the applisatiou. j Capfain D'iwsbn ueconded the resoution. 1 Dr Beale believed th.it a smaller c mmittee thau seven would acj more efficiently and proposed as an amendment. That the Chairman of the two Town. Boards with Mr Von Stunner be a deputation to interview Sir George Grey upon the subject. Ml* Von Sturmor requested D. Bea.e to remove his name from the . i i : ''': Mr f. C. Hammond said that the amendment went away from the subject altogether. Dr Beaie seemed to think that the duty of the committee was confined to gett;n£, the name of the telegram sender, whereas it would bo a continuouß on« to get <he matter of the extension of the railway favorably coa-ide^ed. Mr Slater was procee liag to say chat if Dr Boale could see that the work of the committee was to be con iuuous he would perhaps withdraw his amendment, when .several present called On the Ohuirrna.i to stop the discussion, as the amendment, not Imvii.g been secondot there was no question before the meeting. No one seconded she amendment, and it te 1 to the ground. TJio. resolution was then put and wiri&l uiiara-nuusly. • Mr. >W. Cuuinuug Raid he had n^vt't hvhi the pleasure of see n^.so la r^o a ! 1 .ieetin^ n H m il oi 1 belore. No doubi the te.rgtvuu writer wa-; mo.ig tijoin an jieihips tf ihey _:uve him five * mute* o consider ht wuu (1 come forw* d anii m«ke a o.ean breast of it ( aughter). MrF. A. Whitaker thought Vlr C.i mm 'rig mi^hi be misaken iv supposing he write, of the telegram was pn-tietii. H.-J had heard it ro- ! portwi that the ele^rain nad been sent from some one livin> m a district ouside of Hamilton. He! could say not hi. ig as to the correction or otherwise ot the report, b.n mentioned it for wu.it it was worth. Capt. Beeie said that he ha<i heard throe weeks ago that such a telegram nad beeu sent, but frum the c .nntry, not from Hamilton.. ' Mr Sl.ittT a ked if nothing ban been done to provide the Government with facts and statist, cs i • referense to the proposed extei.sio.i ot the line. It was explained ny mem hers of the late deputation, who would interview Sir George G ey on his return through Hamilton, that thrtse were being iio«\ prepated. A vote ot thanks to the Ch iirm t closed the proceeilm^s.