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CHARLEVILLE TRUCKING
RESERVE.
PROPOSED CURTAILMENTS.
A MEETING IN PROTEST.
t’HAIll.lJVIU.B, October 28.
An emergency in cut log wus held last
nidit in coimuoMon with the jiropoKcd out'*
thiInii'iit of the OhnrlevUJe .trucking
i, u largo, mini bin* of iiernoiu* lioirtj
K.’eficnt, including Mown. 3). iUowinan,
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\V, «f, K. Mnughnn, T. Nevitt,
Ik >\\S. Alien, J. M. Hunter, M.M.L.A.,
and the lion, A. Himhcliffey M.H.C,
Mr. Coyne wpoko at length upon the
urgent neccMOlv of keoping the reAurvt* in
tact, stating ulho, that ho nrould like his
colleagues to heat* the lycsl viunu on the
mutter. . .,<;f
■Mr, J. «/. .Keenan,/chairman of tho
Drovers’ A**ueiatifin, said itiwa*! absolutely
necessary to hnvo n large reserve at Ohar
Icvilie, «n account of the number of stool
ked ‘hero, and also the number of dive
stock wold hero, Wuh being an important
stork contra, lie also minted the country !
embraced in this ....
ft-rior, was totally unfit for closer
nionl, ami tlml the Railwify Department
would lose 20 times the rovomio that could
possibly l>o obtained by throwing portion
of tho rewfve open to eeloct ion.
{Mr. W. J. H. Mmighan thought Hint
the Minister for Rail ways nhmdd be also
commmii rated with, and the matter
brought under tho notice of the Railway
Com m tee ion er, ns considerable revenue
would he hut 1o that depart incut by rc
during the men of t'hc ruoorvc.
Mr, Xuvitt, as n member for a Xortihern
const it ouncy, where thousand# of rattle,
welt) annually wnt to Oharlovilie, pro*
tested strongly against any curtailment
Mr, Hunter also spoko strongly
against any interference with thin
reserve, slating that attempts were
being made to . diminish tho area of
the utock routes in his electorate,. ugninit
which ho would present petitions *to Par*
1 lament. He stated that the reserves and
stock rout«H should not lw intorfored with
until railways were made to take their
It ,w«n resolved that. Messrs. Bowtnnn
and Coyne should wait- on the Minister
nnd ask Hum to stay his hand pending
the receipt of a petition now in cireula
2tlr. Bowman *»uid that in“n serious mat
ter such in this all party feeling should
hu punk. He did not look on Mm enr
tmlnient; as a (Jlmrlevillc matter, but one
affecting the greater part of Queensland,
lie would strongly oppose the action of
the Minister both in and out of Par
liament,
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