The Star. THRUSDAY, JULY 25, 1868.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 60, 23 July 1868, Page 2

The Star. THRUSDAY, JULY 25, 1868.

Conhidjjiunii all thinga, tho public boani tho cloning of tho tunnol with vory romarkablo pntionco, and ahowa itu wiHdoin hy ro doing. Whon it in remembered that at a ininuto'H uotico tho trado of tho placo wan almoul ntoppod, and that tho old vvoitry hill ban to ho remounted by ovory pm,* Hongcr who doon not übooao to go nino milea round and rial: hia nock via Hum nor, ib muni; l)o coiifoaHod that tho veKygront'CHbpationcoiHHhown undor tho iii diction, It in only fair to naaumo that thia in owing lo tiio fact that the pooplo rocognirfo tho neoeaaiby of tho atop tnkon by tho Govornmont, and having fionddouco in thoir wiadom, aro prepared to leave the matter iv their Wo hope, now that two-thirda of tho timo lino panned away, thoro wili, bo no outbreak oi' impatience Wo havo board that a petition isi boing aignod nulling tho Government io ro-opon tho lino at; onco. Wo trniib that thoao who havo tho managomont of tho potition will givo up tho idoa of proHonting it. It muat bo romomboroil that the roproHontnl'ivofl of tho pooplo have entrusted tho negotiation of thia all'uir unrcacrvodly in tho banda of tho Executive, And it in bettor for tho pooplo to loavo jlfc bhoro. ( lb may bo that tho prematura opening of tho lino will inlcrforo materially with tho aotion of the Government, and sorvo to damnify their poaitipn with regard to tho contractorn. Wo think tjio public may root ijifc'y.-.

assured that tho Executive havo their infcoroatß nl; hoart and will do thoir vary boat' fco promote thorn. Wo boliovo alao thai; thoy nro preparod io deal jubtly and liberally with tho contraotora. Under those circum«taneos, if tho Exooutivo think it nccOHHiiry to refrain from oponing tho lino till tho let of August— which wo undorufcand to bo tho oaao—tho boat thing tho publio can do ia to holp tho Government by a cheerful acquiosconco in their plann, No Glovorumont can do ita work properly if ifc i« continually liable to bo interfered with by tho well-meaning bub thoughtloßß inter* fo re 1 1 co of a Hoetion of tho public, If a Govornmonl; ia worthy of oonildonco it ahould havo it unrosorvodly, capo* cially whoro delicate and dilfunilt nogooiatioiiH nro ontriiHtod into its haudei. Tho greater pari; of tho mißohiof which haa already onouod— including tho proHont atoppago of tho lino— may bo fcrnood directly te tho umvitio haste of tho former G-ovornmonfc, If tho lino had not boon opened for traffic whon it waa, it ncod not havo boon atepnod now, and aomo of tho claim*) iigainul; tho I'rovinco now prononted by Mobhim Hoi mon and Co, would novor havo oxinted. Lot thin not an a warning, A. rontlofls impntionco may now again oitUBO now diflicultioa. A woolc soon pause*, away, and afc fcho expiration of that timo wo may oxpoct tho tunnel te bo oponod again.