LIGHT RAILWAYS.

Waipa Post, Volume XX, Issue 1180, 10 December 1921, Page 4

LIGHT RAILWAYS.

(By Telegraph—Special to Post); HAMILTON, Friday. Further opposition to light railway proposals has developed at Whatwhata, where a meeting, called by Mr Campbell Johnstone, was held last night. Last Saturday Messrs' G. Parr, H. Dansey, and P. H. Watts went out to Whatawhata «at the invitation of Mr Adamson, to discuss a proposal to carry the proposed West Coast light line through Whatawhata,- and the meeting unanimously pledged itself to siupport the proposal. Last night's meeting was something in the way of a counter-blast, certain people who were not quite too sure of their ground desiring further information on the subject. Mr R. P. Daighton was voted to the chair. The tone of the meeting was hostile to a railway and the formation of a railway district, thus giving the Board unlimited power, as it was stated, to saddle the ratepayers with any amount of preliminary expenses they thought fit. At the same time there was a distinctly warm feeling towards Messrs Dansey and Parr, whom, it was felt, should not be expected to foot the bill, as they were actuated by the best motives and had been encouraged by the settlers in the railway area to undertake the great amount of work they had in connection with the scheme. Messrs' S. Reid, Campbell Johnstone, and Capamagian were amongst the speakers last night, and Mr Adamson read a letter from Mr P. H. Watts, expressing disappointment on behalf of the chairman of the Provisional Board that he had not been invited to be present. There was a general discussion, and a motion was moved by Mr T. C. Blackett, "that nothing further be done in regard to the scheme." This was seconded and carried unanimously.