The Star FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1868.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 43, 3 July 1868, Page 2

The Star FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1868.

% We aro oorry to loam thai; tlio nrrango* monte connootod with tho termination of tho railway contract aro not likely l;o bo of it poaooablo character. Moaß.ra Holmea and 00., without provioiia notice, havo takon tho oxfcromo atop of nuddonly stopping tho fcraffio botwoon Oluiatohuroh and Lyfctolt^ny In tho abaonoo of evidence, wo aro bound to nroHUtno thnt thoy havo obtainod tlio iuosfc logal advico boforo taking so important a stop, and that thoy fti'O legally entitled to do aa thoy liayo dono, But wo yonfcuro to question whothor tho advico ho,s boon wise. tfoiX undoubtedly by so doing thoy will divorfc from thomaolvoa tho laafc remnant of publio aympufchy which may havo belonged to tlioui.«<( Nor oin wo boo how auoh a stop will oafliafc in tho final BOfctlomonfc of tho diaputo, Tho Govornmont had alroady dofcorrainod to tako poaaoaaion of tho lino,ao a preliminary atop towarda Bottling tho outstanding claima and determining tho torma upon whioh tho railway should bo loaaod forthofufcuro. And in thia wo connidor tho Govornmont aotod with wisdom. Tho work haa boon dragging on in a moat unaaliafactory inanuor, aa far aa tho publio lenowa, for many montliß, and it wa« necessary to bring it to a complotion. And, to do thiß, it waa ovidontly absolutely noceaaary to (Ix a poriod whon tho Govornmont would tako tho lino. Mobbpb. Holmon and 00. cannot Bupnoflb that tho Government' will bo deterred from thoir purpoao by tho stoppage of tho lino. Thoy havo got tho wronjj mon to deal with, if that ia thoir notion. Jfc i« fool iq)\ to commonoo tho game of brag without counting the coat. If tho Government waa strong onough to tako tho lino boforo thia, it ia not lilcoly to faltor now that it will have tho wholo of tho publio at ita back, ' ; Wo roally hope that Moaara Holmoa ajid 00. will roconaidor thoir position, Au far "as wo know, tho Governmoilt aro proparod to doal with thorn on a porfoetly oquitablo and fair footing. But ifc ih tho height of folly to introduce mafcfcor into tho diapufce which will tend to aggravate public fooling, Tho public knowa that ifc haa paid riino-tontha of tho coat of tho railway, and ia proparod to nottlo tho balanco on fair torma, And ifc will not aubmifc to havo ita property hold ovor at an immonao inconvonionoo, to auifc tho whim of Moaara Holmoa and 00. I ho confcraofcora will, wo hope, aeo tho propriety of liafconing to reason, and not act tho peoplo of Canterbury in anna a^ainat thoir olaima. Thoy may fool quito nuro, in unite of a groat deal of baldordaah thafc liaa boon aaid and wrifcton about thorn, that thoy will obtain aubatantiul juatieo ; moro thajn that thoy havo no buainoaa to aak foiy m*mtmmmmmammummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmtMmimnmmim