PARLIAMENTARY GOSSIP.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 194, 15 August 1907, Page 4

PARLIAMENTARY GOSSIP.

*»•■_' Telesraph.—Parliamentary Reporter flay. ■ KAUBX RUBBISH." , •Recently a statement was made by V •witness before the Arbitration Court that "kauri rubbish from New Zealand-null* was sent to Australia, and made into mantelpieces by Chinese, and' sent back to New Zealand. , ' The Minister of-Lab-our is : now -in receipt of a. coinmunkjitiba / •from the Victorian Chamber of. Maau- ' facturers, stating that there Is absolutely no truth, in the assertion: as.for ai Victoria is concerned, as there <is ;aot : . one Chinese manufacturer of mantelpieces' there, and that all the--wood' mantelpieces are inadeJby Enropean>sab-' our out of -the best kauri , : >. <■ t> vr.t.t AArreyrr -.- Private members' night in the House of Representatives has generally : beea , ' regarded this session as ia. chance &t jocular treatment' of Legislative posals. Last-night's proceedings were not an exception to the rule..,-sVlen ti» House was dealing' wia Lights on Vehicles BUl,in committee,. Sir.' Flatman asked if wheelbarrows, came"' within the Act's scope. "Whin he fonij that wheelbarrows or perambulators: wera not required to carry lamps at nigftt, , " he affected considerable anxiety, almosfe distress. '• W neelbaTrows 1 are very dangerous things in a aark way," he explained. "You. might upset a carriage and •with them." Mr. Symes suggested : tSii the member in charge of the'.Trifle hi4 forgotten one sort of vehicle much us« 4 in the backblocks, the mud puhfe" A' ' J; Member: Where are, they .used? Mr. ■ Wilford: In Wellington streets* : Mr! Symes: Where the road is three B feet > wide and four feet deep.' ifc*jt urged the Bkmse to insist''Uppn. ibr'sescarrying ligbis at night: "They •Jα,", shouted half-a-dozen jocular menibeia." ,r WJiere?" innocently asked a : Maori memher; "Inside," roared the House exnlfc" ingly." . , ,-':. ,'•,"■. . . POSSmiLITIES IN RUBBER. The Chief Forester of the : of Lands has been instructedrto'iiiqnHe into and report- upon 'the snggßstfen;t>f a recent traveller in. reference "tb-.tke t value of the rubber, industry) and the ' suitability of. the North Aackland -&s------trict for the. growth., of .tte rnbfef;trM. . '' A2f UNEEXCED : KAILwiZ;':;: Referring to the killing and mianW o j[ animals whlcbT Tiave J stray Ss&ii\ to -the Main, Trunk railway betwnu *•■■' nui and Mangapehi, owing [~'io r M h± of fencing, accidents have resulted, franiihs,fact that, the o^raefi ; of • ; tKe t stodcliS!rt4ij W it kept them under proper control; *ffli prevented trespass on tne. railway Tie matter "of "fencing-the- line is under';>»nsideration, but awtefj'Jarge expenditiirv amounting to nearly £10,000 is: inrdvei With regard io .tiie -etateinent thit'fta' natives gave the tod =fpr railway, purposes, believing the line ; i?qol4<lje. fenoed, this statement made in. ; correspondence, he caused the whole of'th'e Departmental records to be searched,, -without l)eing---abie;to find any. record of such a ; proriuse": having 'lxin given. He promised,' however, to -iim:." J the matter furtner looked into as soon .'• I as possible, with. a. -view could be done in the.^ireetiifi. ;f of:fiacmj of the luilways throegjwut tie. colaa generally. ' ; THE BRAIJTiroCKOKra.; MrStallworthy- asked ter for Public Works tc-day, whetbn tit Grovernment would take measures v* induce tourists to visit the land disixict, by improving' means" of, transit.on the round trip, which takei is Auckhind, Helensville, Northern Wuroa and Whangarei. In repryj Sir McG|oir«B said that several hundred, pounds "j»d.- ;- been expended'on the coach road between *; Whangarei and :Wharelbohe, and ;wtei ■•; - the Public ,Works"Estimates •were, coepiled an amount for further improvisment would be consideriEd.* lle,,Poeiil':;: Departanfint, sarok time ago, called taiders for a mail service between Wharekohe and Poroti, but iio bhe was 'niffiaf to undertake the work. A pamphlet *i» being, prepared by • Tourist tfepiit ment describing, by means of photographs and letterpress, the beauties and .attractions ofHhe round "trip, . V-, VV ' ■ ; ! y; Replying to Mr. Poole, tiw staled that the bill in connection with the totalisator, which is to be circuUtfd, will contain machinery for .the working of the totalisator'to be confined entady/ rto racecourses. • ■"

' . ,The question of the extwisioii'offle' charter of the Nora. Niven rto-*Qoirl*>. further prospecting of New Zealaßd-fl* , !. ing grounds, is under consi&er&tioiLilbe ;: Minister for Marine states that ! tto;,charter of the" trawler : l*oi» IHven will expire on the sth-proximo> and all the time between now-and then-'vrill l>6 ie-; quired to complete the experimenti; which, are to be jnade on the list Com* of the North jlalajid. - The chat** money ■will be redoced'byi^3»'**Stae 'J&'iz •the fish-sold, to the owner* .•!."• -:■ jomwis.^.r , ; -;^-- T6e question of eciolaaships and travelling has been under the consideration o*..*" Government' ior some considerahle «» but-no definite- decision Jias'"yet *««»■ arrivecL-ai.