NGARUAWAHIA.

Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1289, 2 October 1880, Page 2

NGARUAWAHIA.

The General Manager of the Auckland Railways calls for an expression of opinion on a time table that will suit not only every township, but every mdividu li in Waikatu. When tho mmajrer slnll be in possession of the diversified information, I would strongly advise him to submit it to the District Engineer, and abide by that gcntlcnnn's decision — against A\hich theie is no appeal. He has the happy knack of settling 1 imputes to his own satisfaction, entirely irrespective of anything so paltry as a deshe to suit public convenience. It is just possible Mr Stewirt may cmwdor th.it the public are not capable of jiul<rm» for | themselves.. T'<us place has experienced several little attentions of hi-, and that not long since when Mr .Stewait applied for and obtained some town lots for 1 ailway purpose <, the said lots having been applied for and promised to the Town Board, for Town Hill site and loul accommodation. The lots in question werp some time auro ridiculed by Mr Stewart as being 1 tot-illy unfit for railway purposes, this was when the agitation ?c removal of station from the country to the town was going ou. Mr Stewart was worsted in tliat affair, and, no doubt, has now given a lloland for tne Oliver. During our ayitation >r work shops, Mr Stewart was our bitter opponent. Nevertheless, there are many people now as well as then who consider Ngaruawahia the most suitable and politic place to have placed them. The useless and shameful expenditure of public money that is going on at Newmarket is most deplorable. The extra ■wear and tare on rolling stock, in consequence of the steep gradient caused by the shifting of the line, will be a considerable item annually. Now, take the other side : The erection of the work shops here would have soon created a large town. The land, all of which is in the hands o* the Government, would now be made valuable. The shops would, as the railway is extended, become more and move central, and the increased traffic would naturally assist our impecunious exchequer. It may be that when Mr Stewart fixed our station so far out, he might have had the future greatness of Ngaruawahia in his mind's eye. We must forgive, but cannot pity a disposition such as that possessed by the great constructor of our railway. But to return to the time-table, would it not be better that the good's train should start a little later from Auckland and run through to terminus, returning same evening as a passenger train leaving Te Awamutu, say at 4 o'clock ? Then let a goods train leave Te Awamutu at a reasonable hour in the morning, and return the same evening as a passenger train, leaving Auckland say between 4 and 5 o'clock. The present train to Mercer could leave Auckland at 1 p.m., and Mercer at 7 a.m. In the eveut of the trains to Te Awamutu being too expen- ; &ive, tben it could leave Ngaruawahia as ! a passenger train, aay at; 5 o'clock p.m. i The steamers would run in connection ! with it, affording up-country people an j opportunity of getting to town and ] returning next evening. ! I understand that it is in. contemplation j to hold a public meeting for the purpose af entering an indignant protest on the part of the inhabitants against the Lingentlemanly and shameful manner the i

public school representatives, in committee assembled, havff boon treated by the Central Board in Auckland, regarding the dismi^al of the teacher, their repeated protect ajrainst nuoh autocratic action, and even prayer, being grossly snubbed. It is more than probable that this matter will {rive employment to gentlemen of tbr> lon«r robp, and that, as Hamilton Ki>t has been treated in the same manner, that the lately often mooted question of Waikato having a Board separate from Auckland, with an inspector nominated and appointed by the Mini-tor of Education, will be the good arising out of this last specimen of an evil and imbecile administration. Great sympathy is felt for the teachers both here and in Alexandra, where they were deservedly popular. A pietty specimen of the Suffolk Punch, the property of Mr C. Limmer, arrived here from Nelson on Monday evening 1 . He is intended for stud purposes, and will serve in Waikato this -eason. I have no doubfc he will receive a fair amount of patronage The fact that Mr McNicol, of Ohaupo, has decided to put some of his mares to Young 1 T.isman should be a great feather in that horse's cap, and will, I have no doubt, influence (several farmers in their choice of a sire. Report has it that Mr George Kellow his received and declined a very tempting offer for his interest in the Whafcawhata Hotel. Mr D. B.Hindle has returned toWaipa after a visit to the Old Country, accompanied this time by Mrs Hindle. — [Own Correspondent.]