The Railway Route.
Manawatu Times, Rōrahi X, Putanga 1248, 19 Hōngongoi 1884, Page 2
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The Railway Route.
Under the head of " An' Important D,ioclosure," the Wanganui Herald says .—lt wilj. be remembered that when Major " Atkinson was before his constituents at Hawera he was pressed to say what route for the railway he was prepared to recommend. Notwithstanding the. most urgent appeals for a response < Major Atkinson refused to disclose wha^. he left jb to be inferred was a Cabinet secret.' The electors of I Egmont were not sa,tMe'd with his, reticence, an^ .were" suspicious. The: secret, hpwever. has.come out .m aj way whiclji at one removes alt "doubt. •. Mr Watt, at his nomination on ; Wednesday spoke as follows ;—r " The Government; which had lately been defeated were not likely to form a Ministry as a whole again, but he would remind the electors that they were tavvorably disposed towards jihis district, more especially was the Minister of Pabjic Works, who had lately trayellea from one end pf the Island to' the other ' lookirig' for the { frest line of railway. He ha.&'heafol i fro.ni Mr if itchelspn' s own that he ha.d decided p,n jj'jje line that came down to Marton, and he had said that he was prepared to, stand or fall by that line." Now why should Major Atkinson have refused to tell his own constituents what the Minister of Works had no hesitation m telling the member for another district. Major Atkinson left ( the electors to understand the route had "beetf selected, but . conveyed the impression' that ij was a Ministerial secret. Further cpini rnenjb js unnecessaiy.
