Correspondence.

Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 30, 9 July 1872, Page 2

Correspondence.

\\ r e do. not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by our correspondents.^ (To the Editor of the WuVmlo Trnue.) Sir, —Can you or anyone inform n\e if our worthy member who passed here yesterday on his way to the General Assembly has received the Nyaruawahia Bridge Petition that has been so numerously signed by the settlers throughout the district. Although we are in a fair way of getting the railway completed to Mercer it may ho years ere it reaches this place. Surely so important a district should receive some consideration from the Government. Several petitions on the above subject have already been presented, but have received not the slightest notice, on the pica that as a railway would no doubt be shortly constructed to Ngaruawahia one bridge would do for the whole traffic. This is no doubt a firstrate plan for shelving the matter. If the Government will not take the matter in hand why refuse to private enterprise the opportunity of carrying it out. I believe a gentleman offered to put up a bridge if the Government would grant him a lease together with a small piece of land on each side of the river ; this offer was refused. The Government must be aware that it would be a paying speculation ; this being the case why not let the country the benefit? No public work now going on would give so large and quick a return a"s this ? Moreover the sale of town and suburban sections shortly to take place here will without doubt furnish sufficient funds for this object.—l. am, &c, : aux JS'itnquam. Ngaruawahia, July G.

(To the Editor of the Waikato Times.) Stu, —Our member has started or is likely to start sqou to attend his duties in. the General Assembly, without I believe ever having called a meeting of his constituents to enquire as to their views. 1 suppose he feels satisfied that he understands tlie waiioS of the district so thoroughly that he does not consider it necessary to calL a meeting ; or, perhaps, having got in so easily he treats us all with contempt. All 1 hope is that we may hear more from him in the House than we have here.. 1 am strongly inclined to the opinion that he is one of the placehunters, who, are s.a numerous throughout thq,colony, and that we shall have to exercise our right of voting before another session, when 1 trust we shall be able to get a 'gentleman to represent us who will do his best for the good of the district and the colony at large. Trusting that my fears with regard to the present representative may not be realized, I beg to subscribe myself Pko Bono Pcjulico.