THE GORE KELSO RAILWAY.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 367, 20 June 1884, Page 2

THE GORE KELSO RAILWAY.

Hotel,- Waikdk^ onSatuMay,^ltlPttst" G ®.*. to consider matters in connection with ihi Jlels4>.Gore railway. A large number of settlers were presek'tur :;o °:fc;;/DiJ''" '* Mif SaiauelPaterson was yotpd tq th# jQiair and in referring to feobject of the meetfnff^augKt thai: air, Lairib/iurseQi-r* *«.« venef , would no doubt be kettcr 5,^. to la^ P ef ore those p re3 ent the wbiec '** ' tore Jail upon that gentlenianjto co|ae *^«- ance.hyhich-plainly showed the t>*>pl« were mot disppsed to submit to whit! *jf*a ihe.n jprbce«ded to show wiierein tfte In* *.' » 300 s jttlera, a vote tf£ IJJI»JOOO.WfiS put on - - thg L eitunates for the hne in question.and jtw*i then considered b^ond a &>uttf "Xmbued with this idea, everyone rushed .tOTjihsbt portion of the education re«erre> . ! in th6 immedia^vf^ity'of -Ifchd pr^flatM s . route 1 #£ the hne ; the reiult was that th& land ;was idisppsed of at r .a very 2uzh ...

disposed of the land on the strength oj the promised railway, they seem inclined to leaTe the matter in abeyance. It is quite clear the sections would neVer have fetched such high prices, it is even doubtful if any of them would have been sold had it not beenlfo^ihe ,firm; belief $ the purchasers that a year or two would see them witix proper facilities for getting (§wafr Ufoejf #«&«»•. 1 **> Mged upon the people in the district tne necessity.f or ..energetic and united action as the toly-tofea&s'iby wliich f th(By would. be likely to obtain satisfaction, and, as a step in that direction he would move— *♦ That this nxeetin^is 1 of ,opinipn ; that' it is desirable to petition the House of Ecpresentatives with a view to urge upon thft ft^qwnment j the f .necessity , .for. commencing the Kelsb-G-ore railway at OUCe." .!»U:Ri. R r;»:..v : .-.:- i; ., -:■„!;.! Mr Barron asked if tho^ meeting intended to#m» T*vrah%-OT^M| the line. * " . 6 . Mr Lamb thoughb^^'feeltef^d^ leave that matter in the hands of-the Government, whicli, i^e^n^jqrijthcftif /sro^d : n9 doubt endeavor to suit, the. . convenience of the majority. The motion was carriedVunanimously. Mr aPaterspjir thouglitqitrjyery, desirable^tjh^t a l^rogre|s rI Cp | rninittee, be formed.' SucJi a body, he pointed, out, would btraWe%"takiB ll in ! narid ali Matters 5 affecting the^welf^y© of^heidistrictJ.' .®e would t^e^fore^moiv^.otliftfc Committee be elected, and that tne. carrying out of the wishes of the meeting I with regard to the railway be left in I their haaa^Soara&d?(i .TH 7/T ?.PV.)VI 'A After several namef %idf bjee.^' submit- ! ted to the meeting, the following gentlemen were elected *• — Messrs George Barron, SamSelU^aterß<&r,!/lllexaßder Hannah, D. Lamb, H. Pemble, A. Gray, J. Noble, T. Ibbotson, J. W. M^eb'd, 1 »nd Anderson. t BMT J TrH y^ti. The first meeting was to'be held at Mr tarnb's ( nsrtyat 7 p.m., when a JRtitipn re. the railway, was to be dmw#%pS i &nld J oth i ermat ; l;eW J 6f 1 interest considered. Bated the meeting. ___