THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1873.

Inangahua Times, Volume 71, Issue 71, 19 August 1878, Page 2

THE Inangahua Times. PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. MONDAY, AUGUST 19, 1873.

yUjtlip itilniliifnnlfi of (lio Tnan^filiua nri' (i-|ii:illy int.oroitiorl with nil (ho r.t hor WcsV. Coiud; eomtmimlic'i inl!i« qiuMiti'in of vnilwiiv conmmiiicnii'iM with l.lio >':u,l; nnd VV <>;■-», Coiu-t, il. 13 not fiii'y wry drulnMc, but i\ dufy tlial wo "(il;fii:lfljoin ififiiio, ninl Ip.ihl what--1 ovo.i' ,'U!yi.d:nico cti.'l ir.flniMV'.n wfj c.nn , M -\ foininiuiiiy l'> Iho :i,'.;if.'Uion I'lirrt;iil on tin.", iniprirfruH fnibj-vJ. Of all Iho AW"! I; Caul oo.nl .roa lilu«lv .<:o bo flin-fUy honcilittod hy the cnrMtruclion of fiic'li fi lino (.{oofi:'>n is nbrmt the only o'.vi which, do f<w, hn? 110 L thrown in il.B (;()«o;v'r,'itioii in (lio lnovcmon);, find Uiourdi it i. ! iioh ycl; ton lai.fl to do no, we c;inuol; holp {hiokin;:^ i h a t t.1'.0 wi (■»;•) yhnuld hnv'o bnnu tiikcii rarlior. If; (innncit .be doubted tlmt tbo dirmeiw. nion Ooi lornu'e.-i, wliich Iwibjio inuwnnon,'iblv nnd unfiM'luflfifcly ('rnppnd up wl Hokitilcn baa had \ho 'cfTrct. <»f )'obbin;, r Iho ar^'talion of much of ib» forco and vila'il-y il; would olborwi«o hnvo po«?' nccaod, nnd thin fifitfolf fuvniubca iho boal; of vflnfionfi v.hy Ibo pooplo hero aliould uotromnin niloni upon (Im ru' Ijocfc longoi', Wo hiiTo bf\d many mil" wny n/^itrttious on tbo W'o.ifc Coast 1 , in fnol, They bavo bcou of almn;;'; annual vfcnrrenrn for tbo poat four or Jive, yearn, find a vnrioty of roulon bavo boon under cin^ideral'.ioii at diflVroiil, limm. In tbo «lfiyn wbfln Ibo commorciirO hum roso and no!; in Mokilika, nothing <dpf would raiti tbo people tbern but a diroH, lino tbonco from Cbrifitcbui'cb. But. in tboso days tho realiaation of tha fir bo mo ov dream vim only oocn through *' a glafn dnrkiy," and conwpquently tbo ambitiouei pr-.v jeefc did nol; onoountor much, if any, outfii.lo opposition. LiUtftr on ourvoyH fVf,vo a 'Ifuiidcd prcfot'cnoo for tho roulo bohveon Cln'istcbui'ch nnd. Orey moulb via Amuri nnd Abiiura, nnd thai; wiui tho dny'of nreyinoutb'a jnbilntion- On []v\tiace,mrm, if wo reoollocfc rightly, ITokitika, instead of idly and..f)oiifiolo.-wiy wrangling over ibo qaoafcion of routon. meekly bout to (bo inevitable and joined in the advocacy of Iho Almura 'Valley lino sifipuiatim;' only for a branch Una Ihnnco from fl-rfiyr.ioutb. Tiino wore on, and nexfc caino tbo more pretontiouf) p»'qj?cl; of 'i railway froii Nolaon to tbo Bluff via Irmifliihua, Ahaura, Hroymouth nnd Hokililci, nnd found ITokitika in unanimi'y with tbo rest of tbo Co'isfc on tbo quonlion of voulo. On all these ocviasioiiM, bocunao lii'ohably, [icoplo onv/ Mint tboro v/an iittlo or no chanco ol tbo work boino nn<W i aki > n, tbero wa-i a rcfronbinc; unanimity an to tin: diivotion of i.lio line. l i owe v or, now that there roal'y if) a. obano-"', for ("no Pmit time it may b« :-!iid, of tbo work boitif, undtirUkcn "'vben tho pfioplo of CantciViury arc working in'p.bt and main for it, and its. ueowity bus heiMi tborovi^bly forootl upon the (iovorn incut, noli merely by ropoatfid voprencntatiori!) in tiio llou.'is 1 , (mil by tho pevponul ob'»ci'vnl.ionn ot' the Premier and momborn of tbo V*kv* euti-vo, ooinfH aa an olii/l.nclt: t-bo mad, air-builfi peliemo of a railway round tbo groaleflfc length of *he itsland, ncross tho most difficult river 1 ?, and overall (.bomogl; impnssnblo mountains. A. morn wildly extravagant; nnd uttryly ebimcrii'iil project could, ret I l»uulv nsver have entered Iho bend of anybody but a reaident of [fukitikfi, and il; p.afsea nonipreusion hoy/ a eominunity nueh nn tli.it 1 , having no mv, d.j to gain by the opening up of railway fiorutniiniflation with Ibo Kft«i;e rn Co;w.t, could foi 1 a moment hu^ smch'ji colcw.dil delusion an Ibo Il.aant route, II; maybe, however, that; tbo very wonoM.'wity of the prnpoJial will help to neutralise tbo evil, pfl'iiflt of i!..". ndvoeney no a^ninr.t the more fe;u.<irt!o rotito, niv.l wo can only he.pe thai; it inn j". In the me:mtime tho fiorirmtf duty m oast upon th» i/'babitautfj bore, ft.-i well n« el'O^iicre I of <bin;,' eviM'ylbiri^ they ponoibly can lo prevent i\, handful of either Lu^oiy f.u:ll'-inlore. c ited or stupendously foolif/h people in Ilokilika from turning rr.vry liio only vipo opportunity Ihn Weyt Coai.it; hna yet bnd of fjol'tin^ thin lnomciifnusly important underti'king e'.ittimenefld. For Ihin reru>on we, tcnMt; thai; tcniwbl.'n nioetino; wiil ho fully attended, nnd that tho resolution*) lo !>o ai.ibmittpr.l will mark Iho foe-lin;;. 1 , of tlm inhabit imU iv the oircn^cijt; <\(n\m pou--Hiblo.