THE ASHURST RAILWAY.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 48, 25 January 1884, Page 3

THE ASHURST RAILWAY.

We five, "glad to, be m a position to !]Jay before; ouprea.ders .the information /contained*. elsewhere m a specialitelograin from lour correspondent mi Wellington. Our; readers wilL be aware that jMe.ssrs Linton and Macarthur are now;iu \yellington on matters of public interesj,juX)ner_of/tiie moat impor- ; tantj was' the troi^e Railway;' It ! wou^djappeautljat both, gem tlenieh Tjave interviewed t&linjstm vjl the suljeot with! the. result that the Engini'er-in-Ohiefisinrtti'uoted to ba-vo. the line -surveyed, with a;yiew to place thctiieeestfary amouut fpi'.itß ; coiiHtnicLion on the Estimates next ..session.- Wo are further informed that the deputation met With Ti Favourable reception. We regard thirds a very important coriJ cessi6n, and move than "Mr _ Walter Johnston tfv&' achieved for' the,! district; while its representative. Had this concession' been obtained months 'ago; as we believe it could 1 for the asking, the Gorge Railway would by this time have been -progressing". We : feel sure the district generally will feel deeply undebtedi to Messrs lan ton and Macarthur foi what they-'lia've achievedj and also to Miniatewfor the favourable reply' vouchsafed to the deputation. It is beyond doubt that a railway to Ashurst would pay woi'king expenses and interest on cost of construction even now, and when it connects with the throi g m ines <to Napier and Mastftkoiv it win be one of the most important sections of railway m tne North Island. Agitation mnst now be kept going to hold M misters to their promise, and to keep the matter prominently before the public. This is a matter, m. whioh both Feilding and Palme ston can unite, as it i 8 to the inteiext of oacH that the woiik be "■ i. commenced. We congratulate tlie community on the success which has attended the deputation, and we trust that no delay, hindrance?, or obstruction will interfere to

prevent" the 'long waited for projftct be coming m due course an accomplished fact, to thor benefit of the district at large. ..'...