WAIKAKA.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 368, 24 June 1884, Page 5

WAIKAKA.

(From our own Correspondent.)

The first meeting o£ the Progress Committee was held at the Star Hotel, Waikaka, on Tuesday, 17th inst. There were present — Messrs D. Lamb, G-. Barron, Paterson, Hannah, Noble, Gray, and J. W. Leod.— Mr Paterson proposed and Mr Barron seconded, That Mr ljatr>b net n< chairman of th '>'»Tnrcvttcc Carried. — After some diseubsiun, the

petition, of which. I send you a copy, was agreed to. It was also decided to petition. .. the House with a view to taking "ittto"'"*"" the Mataura electoral district all that new settlement north of Waikaka, as the formation of the country completely separates it from the rest of the Hokonui district. — After the usual compliments to the chair the meeting came to a close. Ploughing has been suspended owing to the severe frost. There was a slight thaw yesterday, but frost has again set in. " „ , Waikaka, June 20, 1884. :> Following is the petition alluded to in. our correspondent's letter :— Jf ' To the Honorable Members of the HousejSi; of New Zealand, in Parf liament assembled. ,'^| The petition of the undersigned residents and farmers of Chatton, Wendon, Greenvale, j aud Glenkexiich, in the county of Southland, humbly showeth — -; 1 Ist. That a large number of your petitioners, putting full confidence in the promises ' made by your honorable House that a line of railway be consrructed to meet the requirements of the district, purchased land on the Education reserves at prices far in advance of its real value, and now find owing to the distance (20 miles) to the nearest available railway station, that the cost^pf carriage renders it impossible to work .tte land without certain loss to the producer. '' 2nd. That the proposed line would pass through a settlemont which, for its resourc&v is second to none in New Zealand, and.iii tapping an area of upwards of 40,000 acres 61 Crown lands would greatly enhance the value thereof, consequently the cost of construction would very soon be recouped. And in conclusion your petitioners, seeing that a sum of money is now on the Estimates for the construction of the line, earnestly pray that your honorable House will without further delay take steps towards its com** mencement ; the route to be decided as your" honorable House may see fit. And your petitioners as in duty bound will ever pray, Sec.