Now, and Then.

Southland Times, Issue 4412, 30 August 1882, Page 3

Now, and Then.

■?■'&. TO THE EDITOR. >> A. Sir,— The astuteness usually displayed by our old diplomatic friend, Mr J. W. Mitchell, has been at fault over the Mararoa and Seaward Bush railways. He has let the " cat out of the bag."_ You seem to be surprised at his loss of entfiusi£rn.''|Dbh't ■-youi see, he waß enthusiastic so Ion? as he believed the Rawmillers were favorable. You say you expected some " grasp of the question " from J. W. M. That is more than I or- any one who is at all intimately acquainted with him would expect. The fact is, Mr Editor, we have had enemies in bur own camp ; and tbey are so enraged that there is a reasonable prospect of securing the Seaward Bush railway that they have lost their usual caution and discovered themselves. Believing we shall be successful, and be able to laugh at our baffled obstructionists — Mitchell, Bain, and Co. — 1 am, &c, Toi Tois. [Surely our correspondent forgets tbat it was Mr Bain who got the Seaward Bush line placed on the schedule last session. — Ed. S. T.]