POLITICAL NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 699, 27 December 1909, Page 7

POLITICAL NOTES.

0;::H U tTI'LI NE : p lip 1,1 CATI 0 ;' ; ;v ;i ■v'Tio^llailxTOy.rAiithorisnHori.'■■'Bill, , which was. passed -;oiy';l'riday, ? provides; inter • alia, r t'or the disposal of .surplus lands in connection.';.with:' thevJlutt railway,■ ail'd ■i'oiid-.iniproVemeiit works,i.r ; ud- tho b'eutry: ,llill-New.*.l , lyniouth/.dcvia»ioii. :,,:'. , >. .In tli6 caso:ot";thf»iHutt;raihvay: lands,' tho.i'ilimater.ifur|'l{pili'ays".'is to.'.oirer'.the : ut- a Vp'j'*o' iised : by:.a. coin.---peWnt'\"valu«r 'apjwiiiUd by. ,hini, to , , the; OKfß.cfs.jof , 'adjoining"-property. - If '-. su; vaiv'>pfser.: ; is.?.iiot aecoptikl within-three nioiiths, pi*', if., the '.owner of the. adjitceht .land is "not , known, -tho surplus land' inay'j ;bo ■. grahtod i .;iri; ; cqmpoliaaticn'- i'or , -land I : taken 'iuiite'th'e Hutt-Kaihhiy and'.Road Improvement: Act, 190*1. .If '■tin:-offer: ..pi surplus': laiid -is not, accopted v'ithm' three months;;.the owner of the adjoining land wilj'hav!). no :claim,:to compensation , i'or ■ loss';o£{; frontage-:tq thq,.: Ilutt ■ RbauV Lands'not. disposed' 6f as above arq to bo offered': by :public >auptiori /Or. public; :ton.te.aiid, if.hotsokl-oiiisOch .offer, 'way,' .within 12", moiitb-v bo sold by private con.tract', at; a"- ; 'price/hot ■■less -than :: that' at ivliiili % the land is valued by a competent, .valuer,:appointed<by -the. Minister., : .-■' V' Surplus, lands ,riii' : the: Now '.Plymouth-. Sentry Hill branch' aro to be offered for !'..salq-:'by.:,puljlic:kictidn; or' ptiblicj-tender.: on■,;-4iuoh. ; i.tevma,- nhd'' conditions-, : na -the. -•Minister for Railways.thinks fit.-vlf.'thq -land'.is sold.in. this: way, , ijtho'Miiiis.\ter,;may,\within J2,months, sell it'by"liri-. at.'it;prko ■not-.lesS'..than '..that by.- :: a competent , : .valuer ' ap- : pqinted.by.liim. :'i'lie'proceeds of tlio saie 'me ta.gq into-thq.'Puljlio Works Fiirid.'. .:; Whqn -<tlie,. Bill?-, was before. the .Hoiisn i.on'\liiday;; it >-ns. explained :by ithe Winrister.'ior- Rail^yαys'. : that ■ tlje j-laiid Mvhjch- : tuo'.Gaypruinetit. intends ■to'sellf.iu ctinneqtiou;with: ■tlip'-H.utt 'duplicati'6n, ; .wbrks ,W-:oifly : a:;feiv::bdd. corners .bptweon''. the' old: road'and' tho'. ii<iw.:foad,: mid it ,wiiV .bs'OUsred^iirst , ;to .rthe.oy.Trers 'of:lahd. fronting the,old 'Toad, -who -will * thus -bis enabled -to .' -f rotitamis ■to ' "iicw :i'oad^: ; 'i'ho;Minister.;futtliei stated: th,if .the,:,G6ternnielit:did. not'■.ihtend'lo sell any;'«f;tho -?lnhil :betw"een : .'tho; new'■ road 'and >.:'' '.::\ clause :was , '.'crltinispd:'by , ■AYilforu, 331chananj aiidLnke, and;--.''aftor' the '.'Bill..had : passed through .without,amendment,'Mr; Luke moved its-recoiuDii,t(;al,-.so .'.that tho; •clause--lnigiit' be?; recpiisidered:,.-. OnV the . Minister ■■' for .-Railways: : )fiindertaking.- that-,. would' -uql'bo':put intp.opc-ratiohvbefore next-session, :Alr. liiiko Avith'drew ; liis tnqfcloni»o; : ■ i' :■.:■- ■■'■ '^^y-:

;;.WHEN ; ;wiLL'THiEoSEsiiON -ENd?;if iiBSENfeHEMBEKS v : , ':;•;; ;Xp; vi.':',;Maqh; favouriibi* , ': tomment. has '■■ arisen, in of the-determined' 'objecipf Opposition vtdthe 'attempt; "Goveriinieht {to. re-' , instate .'the. .vote'ifor::iMr::;:Re«ves ids' fi-' ; nancialV:adviseY,;.at:;Hpmei;\:.;DiirinE iopening: stage's■■■of :■ the,' dobato. on Friday ■af tornbonvit j.seeriied ■'fiot: imprabablo'that a conipromi^,'-satiSfacWr^. t6'.:Bpth' = i)4r:ties, might■:be;arrang>.d;:': - MeetinKs:'were' held;'(luring 'tllei'-tea .when' ;(it,.was. / .:repoTted)' i .bpth.'si(ks; t resolved to : sticK-.toy.th'eir- , Euns. 1 .:-, After ' the": depar- 5 tnie;.of,;.the,-boat'.,for--tho.;-sonth'/ which' ■had ,; ; becn:.-delayed ;.lifdrly,'aff .hour,a; 'totat'of ■ iS'-'.niemb'ers-'-'cpnld .-bo: got 'tog«Uier/.by,; both Vparties. ;is.'it)u'it6'ini--: .p'ossjble -.-to;•:.predict ,:hq\v■:.ldijg..;the 6es-' siqp Ms \ti6w ■- likely, -'! to ; . last;'. lu 'vicVv - : bf. ;f ho' fact j that'.there .'ftro'other. itelns jof a' 'contentious ..nature .'..to iVbe.ricbiisitlercd. l ; , ;B6th":leaders chavo,ij-. it r-ii?;':'; understood,'; anked 'their 'absent -.'•suppyrters * to. return ■ ; tb.'i.Tj?elHrigto'n':i without. lit ,is;; that-, tho. Supplementiry,;-Es'tiiuates: will rcbeiyejfat', inorei;attention , , qn-.-this occasion; thanv.fcir: many ; years:tpast.'-:::