The Waikato Times. TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1878.

Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 964, 27 August 1878, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1878.

Equal and exact justice to all men, : : - Of whatever state or persuasion, relig'ous or political. .; * * * * * Here shall the Press the People's right maintain, Unawed by influence and unbribed by

nV^E : have np.p.-Jear^thatftany,, steps' have been« takerifad .yetiby the lqcaT bodies in : : WaikatP<%o strengthen v tho petition brttieWtlers of'Aubklandand. its',suburbs, haye lised the Ministerifpr Fubiie.., Works ori the •desirability Pf'carrying out .as qlijckly as" t p6ssi.ble' the pr&posed . an^*Taranaki of the. North-Jsia'nd main trunk rail/! way/"but we wo"ld again urgently call ori our chairmen of local High, way Boards and others, to do 'lei. There should be no half-hearted appeal in this matter. The>people, of the Province of Auckland should speak as with one vofc'a on such an 6cdaßion, and 'none more eaiiiestly! than: the isettlers/ of Waikatq," The construction of this railway, and the/ consequent settlement of lands along its' course, means to the city of Auckland aiv extended ba6k country and commercial traffic, and its citizens are not slow to perceive Ihese advantages,:' But it is not Auckland alone, metropolis of the Hprtheim portion , of T this Island, : tliat w.bulclybe commerciaily benefitted. To' Waikatp," such' a vvork iheanis even more, for to us it means au assurance of the peaceable enjoy men t ;: of ;< our lands, j with which no possible after rcircumstances could-interfere. It means the removal of ..Waikato lands from the uncertain sition d To the colony as a whole it means the treaty o£/peacejjetween the two races, which iio after thought could set aside. Yfe have differed -in some matters, honestly ,ditFece,d, j w.ith; the p.reseat as ; yvell as with the past Government m their Native Policy in reference to their manner of treating with the Kiu.g : Vfrfyii b °t we cannot withhold from any Government that can bring about such a result ns the construe-' tion of this railwrpy the "vfvljt, rl'-'c!-.

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is duoJjttJjhe most, successful arrange- ] delicate negotiation. | ' from them the frui'.s j of lo ileprive the bridge t^^ : races together of the verj||;eysj|fie of its arch is not just. As policy, the A ssembly too gladly second the efforts "of the ministry ; as a matter of justice, it is only fair that so out the difficult native ploblem, tho solution of which they have entered "TOJiafe we desire to see is, fcbatfthe means shall be'placecr by the t)ol6ny at the disposal of shei SGrOvernmeuti to enter at any moment on the con-; stru'otibnof'thei work, and) noVthafy' the cmsent; of ■■ Jfclie .native chiefs ! having been secured, they musf. needs/waiV for rthe .authority/ of j the Assenibljr when may ; 'next S \s,it.j; •, 1f.. ( a1l , mitiers,. betweeu, j|he two, ::i!aoes.>:.are,; r to. be, settled favourablo in March* : and this amongst.' them, by alii 'Wafts*'let tK'e b§in a *poaif jonpe.f.Co renter. on the Ayprkj a / to .wait ,for. the. •authority; to-. 4p sits following JlunopivJA«ly^.j ,sss set* tlio.se of rl exarffple it would be well to follow in public ■mjrlitiftii-: 'Tlie interests ofitheFtowtishtp < wei% v th*ea i tehed' by th 4 e sal to malle tliose'Awainutu K-ail-Jway; Slaliiou,r atjd.,preseat .terminals ofifthei-line, putaide %e^:wp V ; The same inconvenience and loss which the people of Hamilton, have suffered itf the" Gase! of- their station. : was to have been repeated at. Te Awamutu, but, unli-ke the men •of Hamil ton, they of Te Awamutu have been wiser in their generation. A hppse^divided against: itself? cannot s'land, and this "Hamilton* has found. , But Te Awamutu is wise enough to ''■ sink party' feeling and cliquism for the nonce, and by the unanimous meeting which they held on Saturday have not only shown the Government what are the actual 33Pfte%rt $% P^l^^but.^liaye.Jeft 4tthmfiSßß fretSJP ML without the knowledge that in doing, so thej<arei>giving, cause for discontent and cavil to an angry '•Minority...••.U.?U ,/'.:;.::;>.; ••-- I . And • really the rTe ; Awamutu public ; liaye ; acted wisely., in. advpcating>the .|>ringing.pJFrthe line in>o the township. The only excuse for taking it to tLeppint formerly proposed, on Mr Goddfeliow'a farm, was that it would have been somewhat nearer to the Alexandra settlers. But the advantage of bringing:* the terminus to within seven instead of eight -miles of Alexandra, and in doing so to place it a mile from Te A \7amutu, would be to inflict a most 1 serious and[fatal injury tp the;rising township ot Te Awamutu for an utterly and scarce appreciable benefit, to. Alexandra, and 'this, we trust, Mr McMinn will urge upon the Department in Wel- : lington, which will doubtless see . the, desirability : 0 £ ; . reH , on . sidering the whole* matteri As shewn by, thxise present* at. th'e-meetihgj the greafc ( Jbulk.pf the traffic for 1 the railway would fide township on which'it is proposed 'to place the" station....This is the exact counterpart ot the Hamilton, bluuder, which cuts off from? the railway the carrying traffic of prddacing disti^pt&.about;^JH.aWilton.' ; It would be exceedingly' io be f regrettied if the Government,.with its experiences of the heartburnings and dissensions it has given riseto in one part of the district, should re-produce; a similpr stateof thingsatTe Awamutu.. By the telegrams published an our Saturday's "issue <fr6m ; Mr McMirin, it that he has been misled, by an ex-partp.fStatemenlb, into a: -"wrong belief as to the wishes of; tljefTe Awamutu but the of Saturday's meeting 1 will fullyl umi dteceiye him on that point. To fix; thl| site pfthe termiuus in the township of Te, Awamutu. we, have said *' do no Alexandra, white" it will do much! good;-to the rising township .of. To.. Awamutaj; and largely convenience the large bulk of the country settlers of that district..

THE NEW RAILWAY TA&IFfiV The new regulations; for fixing the fares and rates on railways which came into operation on Friday last, are published in a. Supplementary of the same date. The scale is one uniform one for the whole of the colony l and is : as follows: Passenger rates: Firstclass (single), ,3d per mile; second, 2d ; return, fare and a-haif; ohildren, half rates j'mihimumchargeSj 6d and Js;£. spesall,trains, with; one'; large carriage,' '.; mile j" season £3_for two miles to 21 miles*; and in-proportion for six, three,. or jppe, month} school tickets/ irrespective of school parties, 3s id per mile,; family; tickets, for four persons, two-thirds'' ordinary rates ; season tickets,; half, ? ordinary 1 rates. 1 : Enich passenger allowed to take : ll2lb3. ;luggage : free,, Is per 501b9. extra -dogs,. Gd.per 25 miles, maximum to ; 'be charged, 2s 6d; nj'ijk, > fo»lo'.irines, |d each additional mmijes; grain, 2£d per ton ! pev; niile* .with: terminal charge \ Is" 9d per ton on goods consigned to or frbnj private or she'Ts, owners to load and unload', minerals, 2d'per tori per mile j.wosl, undamped, Id.per mile per bale, not exceeding scwt. ; double?duaip;Hl, l ; |d per bale, owner loads and unloads ; timber, |-d per 103 feet gupe<\ par mile, IJyo afook j Sh«?p, pig i,

I <tc., 10a per truck u»» to 10 mil's ; for each addition d milo up to 50, 4d ; freigh for l< t.of sheep, not less than 9000, for difftapce not exceed, ing l?*o&niiles, addlgdo diaper fl&lc.op to 50 §£[<•.< JjSiaes, fmgle, Igd J|to 10 ~&iyf*3|d <jM and straw"! 6s perTirucklor 5 mmis, for each additional mile, M ; posta ,ftnd^^Us, w »ad, truck jn«r mile up to 50 truck for' each additional- mire& miles. 2d per ton for each additional! mi!e up 'o 15. General Regulations : Truck load computed 5 tons; drivers! o| ;iu ajynuatf fee" of Jt t for license foV plying* for hire with in the pivcincts of any atatidn ; to vV'raetal, I'd mile. ■-■■ .•' '■'■ : •'