OPUNAKE RAILWAY.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 84, 29 May 1911, Page 6

OPUNAKE RAILWAY.

A NEV 7 MOVE, The matter of .’the Opunake railway came before die Klt.’iam Boron.gn Council or. Fririay, -night, says the “Argus.” ' ; ; v ■ . The .NormanbyaTMvn Ooj;k forwardfed a resorption passed by ih« Xormanl>y Town Board that all local l;«« ( lies, railway leagues, and chairmen of "tla ii.y lactones in South .Taranaki bo written to asking ihr-m to appoint one or nip re delegates to attend a meeting fo be lielcl in, the Kapuni Hall on dune Tlth at'2 p.ra.. to discuss the matter of the Opunake i aihv-^r. 'hr. Bur mrfV.ed that the letter be /iceived, xvhieh war. duly seconded.. ‘Cr. Parrott did not, think that the Council should bo unrepresented at the meeting, and moved an amendWrit, that the 'Mayor be asked to attend an a delegate!' On the amendment being ser.aiided and put. it was lost, these v ui'ev against it being Crs. Barr, Nnttall, Tax I or, and Basham. Cr. (hump did nut know why the Ether came from tim Km iminbv Towh Board, and mmed riia* - t’>,- < v written to and asked under whoso ausbices was the meeting hwiv i.,,id. The Mayor Drought it might simply mean a fresh burst ni cne'urv and a desire for a further clisotratsioir• on"the ’ matter of the routs. Ho agree'' l Cr. Crump that the matter should not bo allowed to go by without anything being done by the' Council. Cr. Parrott seconded Cr. Crump’s amendment. He said they should cer,-. tainly be wanting in their duty to the Eltham district if they allowed the meeting to be held without a delegate from the Council being there, Cr. Basham moved a further amend-’ ment that the matter bo left over aiid that any member of the Council who desired to attend'the meeting could do so . on behalf of the He believed the holding of the meeting to bo an absolute waste of time. The railway would not be built for the next twenty years, and when its construction was decided upon the Government would choose the route and would not care a* harig about any representations that might bo made. Cr. Crump hold tnat the Council ought to bo represented at all meetings hold in connection with the railway, even if it were not to bo built for ten, fifteen, or .twenty years. He moved that the Mayor and Cr. Parrott be appointed representatives. , r : Eiirralt, in seconding, said lie could not. understand the opposition to tnc amendment.- They .had made mistn.rcs in the past through not beiimenthusiastic enough. He'thought that ok-ah local bodies the Borough Council was the ono- that sliould be represenied. Ho did* not agree with Cr. Basham that the lino would not bo built for many years, as, reading between the lines of the Minister’s recent statements, ho thought the line would bo put in hand in the very near future.

After some further discussion Cr. Crump’s last amendment was declared earned.