THE UPOKONGARO ROAD.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXIII, Issue 9450, 13 July 1881, Page 3

THE UPOKONGARO ROAD.

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The coarse remarks made on Mr Barton and his line may pass unnoticed, though what harm he could have done to the writer of the article would puzzle anyone to discover. The assertion that Mr Hardcastle's decision quashed the Gazette proclamation is totally incorrect; the fact is that if the proclamation had been made prior to the case, the Board must have won, as the point on which thoy lost the case was, the want of a proclamation, because before that point they had been advised by the Crown solicitors that a proclamation was not necessary ; the proclamation has never been quashed, and is at the present moment in full force and effect, as I am afraid Mr Georgetti will find to his cost. The Board are spoken of as a very weakminded and easily-led body, and the attack made on the gentlemen who have formed the various deputations shows a cowardly and vindictive spirit. What it says about the Committee who waited on Mr Georgetti re. the deviations, is new to most members of the Board. What was agreed to by them and Mr Georgetti can be seen embodied in the draft agreement by Mr Hutchison, but as to saying that the Board were to convey to Mr Georgetti Mr Barton's lines, and all or any interest they and the public had in them, the writer of the article must have dreamt it. The irrepressible Mr Field no doubt would only be too glad if such should be the case and his own lines adopted, but what bad taste he shows in persistently thwarting the wishes of every settler most concerned< Mr Georgetti, I am sure, cannot want his assistance, and I do think it is very nearly time ho was told " to mind his own knitting," and to leave the matter to be fought out by those most immediately concerned. On the face of the two agreements which have now been published, does it not seem an insult to the public to insert such trash as has been written in that article? Much stress is laid upon the fact that it is only a possible 90 acres that can be taken, but I think if inquiry is made 90 acres will not cover the whole of the 5 per cent. Apologising for trespassing so much on your space, — 1 am, &c, Fair Play. Wanganui, 12th July, 1881.