The Waikato Times. THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1878.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 911, 25 April 1878, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1878.

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OEivrAiNLY: the Thaffies people, as represented .by the, ißorough and County Council members, exhibit a go-ahea«lisni m political and progressive actipn which might well serve as a model to local bodies of a more ■ phlegmatic, temperament. They will lose nothing for the want of agitation, and they are m the right of it. If a Minister of the Crown comes their way, they deputationise him — for the matter of that most local, bodies • are given that, -wayjfrrbwt. the Thapes deputations are practical m their demonstrations, and are not to be bluffed off .with curt replies or cajoled wibh J suga?red wdMs arid honeyed premises They stick to the Minister like a leech, nor let go their hold till they have drawn blood. And, like tlie, importunate widow, they are rewarded for their persistency. The construction of the Thames and Waikato Ptailway is one of thase matters which the Thames pe>ple have taken m hand, and they mean to let no stone remain unturned but they, will have it. During a former administration ihey urged their claim upon ! a Government which looked coldly on the scheme, and, if their efforts met with no .direct,, tfiey '. met with no inconsiderable indirect success. The- Opposition, and notably their awn . member, •; j Sir- George Grey, urged upon ' the* theii^ Government the ; claims of the, ThamesWailtato Railway.- The Government was, iii';'no measured -terms, accused iofMßng i^boft/ -of |i : ta;'d'Ut3'> r and pf acting . par ; tia]]y : .-and tiri fairly towards the ; j>lorth'iin,neglepting ! this work. .■ ! ik few Tshort.-.-,weeks, a and public opinion gave :^the- political wheel jv half turn;' :: atid the advocates of the Thames-Waikato railway were at the top. The people of the Thames have seen the advantage of this, and have not been slow to profit by it.v.Circumstances/ and especially m politics, are wonderful alterera of cases, but the\pe l oplo. of jthe Thames will not have it so m/" this one. They are keeping Sir George Grey and his Government, up. . to the mark, and are agitating rite railway scheme .more vigorously than ever. "What was good argument^against the late Government,, they say,: will, be good argument of neglect of duty against, you, if yod, Avh'o 1 ai^e ikbvv m power, .atteni pt to"" shirk;, this work ;'' you cannot,; : ,consi.stently with Vpasfc statements, and with the onslaught you made on -the -late Ministry for refusing to carry ifc oiit, act now as they did then and expect to escipe blameless. And truly they have the Premier and his govern; ment fairly cornered, as far at least as argument goes., But the Thames, people are not, content with this, ; They know well that if the agitation on the 'part - of -tliei -governed dies out, so too will the jsual of the Gove.rnme.nt the ; in ; r ma.ttev, ftnd therefore they, Ic^llj pri ? | the local bodies interested to take part m a conference; by telegraph, which will bo held to-morrow, — Waikafcos and Thames and Piako County Councils, Hamilton and Thame Borough Councils, and ,the W^aitoa and Newcastle Highway Boards, are severally invited to attend at the telegraph 'Stations most convenient for themV ; Why the Cambridge Boai'cls. have 'been omitted 1 from the inyitation we know not, but would suggest that the omijsion Ik at phce remedied, and

we ourselves shall take the liberty of communicating by telegraph with the Thames authorities upon the snbject. The Government has placed the wire on JMclay, nncl : the cost and inconyeiiipnc^Qf a general confetence m pef^oh, on a late occasion, a :me*efjng|||r- these various bodies iQtf|Jste(l.||jfiU be held at the several ;telegli'ap.||fQflQces and a general con,^ul^i^nMiake place m the common interests of all concerned. The advertisement "which appears elsewhere i --states T . q^clpck as the hour 'at whicli the conference vnll take place, but m the interests of ,t.he : general public some time of the dfty.-shquld be .qbp?Biii7^omvSrp.'ai'.'' say till 7 p.m.^ when £he occlipation of the wires would not interfere with the Ordinary telegraph business of the public. To grant to.4hese local bodies, for business however important, the exclusive use of tlie wires during business hours will causea very serious derangement of business, and Joss and iucouvehieiice to the public at large, wh\le, on the other.; hapd,^if .thp c^uference ; is to be interrupted for the transmission of the regular ordinary message^, that, m turn, must suffer. ;