MEETING AT THE AWAMUTU.

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 111, 21 January 1873, Page 2

MEETING AT THE AWAMUTU.

A public meeting was held in the Volunteer Hall, Te Aw..jnutu, on Wednesday, the 15th hist , for the purpose of considering the desirability of constructing a line of railway to the Upper Waikato, with a branch line terminating at Tauranga. Major Jackson, M.H.E., presided. Mr Kobcrtson of the Thames was present, and 6poko on behalf of his district of the advantages such a lino of railway would give tho settlers of the Waikato, as the Thames would then be the nearest market for their produce, where they would likoly realize a better price for their goods than in Auckland. It could also, ho said, open up a fine tract of country through the Thames valley eminently suitable for the location of sctrlers, as it abounds in good agricultural land, gold, flax, and timber. After some discussion respecting the relative merits of the lino in course of obstruction to Mercer and tho one in question, Mr Weal proposed, and Mr Farrell seconded, '* That this meeting recognises the necessity of a line of railway being established between the Upper Waikato district and the Thainos goldfields, and hereby pledges itself to use all legitimate influence to attain that object." Mr Andrew Kay is tho gentleman named to attend the Hamilton meeting as a dolegato li'om the To Awarmitu district. It is to be regretted that the day chosen for the meeting was one (hat few, •* cry few, settlers could woll leave their farms, as the heavy ram of the previous night on tho uncovered reaped grain crops caused an extra demand for help in the fields This fact, taken together with the very short notice gi.'en, caused a very meagre attendance.