Otago Central Railway League- The annual meeting of the above body was held in .Dunedin last Thursday, and nothing of a sensational nature took place, although one or two in teresting points were brought up. One of these was the fact that last years’ expenditure was £IO,OOO less than the sum appropriated, so that the policy so long pursued towards this line, of spend ing less than the amount allocated, has still been adhered to. During the last seven years the expenditure has been no less than £55,000 less than the amount voted for the construction of the line. We have no hesitation what ever in saying that if all the money voted for this Hue since it commence ment had been honestly expended on it the line would by this time have not been far away from Hawea Settlement bar preceded the con struction of the due all along its course and new townships have sprung up, thus showing that the line creates trade for itself, and the idea that Central Otago is a howling desert, which seems to be prevalent in some minds, had better be relegated to oblivion as soon as possible. Other lines in the colony are also defrauded out of iheir just dues by the failure to expend the sums voted for them. This may be good finance from the point of view of the Colonial Treasurer, but it is bad faith to those settled in ihe interior parts of the colony, in both islands, to whom cheap and speedy communication with the seaboard means a very great deal- But, we suppose, the iniquity will go on in the future as it has in the past, Politi ciaus of all shades of political opinion require a lot ot converting from the error of their ways. The League did not express any opinion as to a borrowing policy by which alone the construction of the line can be accele rated, and, having given vent to their annual growl, are quite satisfied to go on the even tenor of their way, asking for returns which, according to their last meeting they do not always get, stirring up the Dunedin M.H.B. s occasionally, receiving odd reports about the line, recording resolutions, and, in short, passing a showy, but not very valuable existence.
