everybody was pleased yesterday when they opened their morning paper and saw that the Otago Central Railway Bill had been thrown out, but all must have been disappointed at the very unsatisfactory way in which the thing was done. In the first place, instead of being met by a direct negative, that the work was an unsuitable one to
be undertaken L- thz^Z7Z^T % position of tie colour cumvented by a r «£.♦- Bill be post po *,; -r,-Vv v*« have an Opportunity of j-y f J, * other unfinished lines." -- h the House would hare j~- Vj,£E 7if the Govern toers; orjnV* 'iT 3 * 1 token at the =£*- shovelled out trust, funds -v'»!?- - in Canterbury. W eliin^vxu '* land-_ It is plain froa rtL^f 1 that in this matter a; a :> r3j "-- startled by the ernresEkrT - rj t~ from the country &i to xh*-rZ..?? 3 £f- rs Ministers did not carrr xh-"v^' first rush, and the delav esl v S"? Vj * bers to know what the ~'-^ r ~~ of the infamous propc^lT^,?'^ evident from the .7„ Harry Atkinson when he --v i-i'T' before the division was etusiV* had taken place, and at of losing the Bill Mr.*Bai been in favour of the Bill - nl-, light has dawned on his the strength of public otrmj©- *"* 3 he declares he will orc'-Ae~ r - " Premier says that "it .-£*■ for Parliamentary 'zv, "T~7? they had a leader oz -be ~"-f? who did things of this Hnd."** true enough, but Mr. * s retort that the count.-.- is C". state "when it has a Premie» v-."-. propose to take trust fund.; a*-. i--"~ them to the construction a raiivi,T i-w will not pay. The Premie 'sz'-Vz~Zt all round, and then concludes -s-P- -*- * threat "The Government TfctX-t! this amendment if carried a- a f *.1 ~ to go on with no works. ---- - -- would not go on with - aZ _ T ca C«/VT* Otago Central formed oW~ V-"l" we have portions of the last -.--i left, and out of these mon*-i- v ~ proposed to construct, arson est" Vllf works, the Puhipuhi tramway 'a:?-'", extension of the lbs from 'Vary" ~* Rut we are not to £is>T— - - and other lines made out of ioar. m- - which we have in hand. b-ecaWw Harry cannot obtain permisrb* make the Otago Central out <•; ->I trust funds ! Nothing shah -e 5 — unless the Ota go Centra] is dvne~~'Ris to punish the rest 01 tne — because he cannot give this zzJjl* advantage to Utago. Verier. •;- . sad thing for Parliamentary Got--" xaent when the colony Lai a r.*ezW who will do and say such tnbrs. "it is gratifying to find that Mr. is now most emphatic against £ rowing. The change has teen but is pleasing.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9452, 24 August 1889, Page 4
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