WHAT MEMBERS WANT TO KNOW.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 861, 6 July 1910, Page 4

WHAT MEMBERS WANT TO KNOW.

■' ITEMS OF INTEREST. ■' Mr. Luke intends to move for a' ro turn giving the following information in reference to the construction of the now Hutt Road now lifting carried out by the Government, and showing: (1) Length and width of road; (2) depth of formation ; and (3) expenditure- to".date, together with estimute of cost to complete the road, and such other information that may ho.necessary.to "enable tho House to discuss tlio matter,..and tho local authority affected to reulise the liability tho Act imposes on them. Mr. T.- E. Taylor has given notice that he will move that, in view of the suggestions of improper relations between tho Government and tho firm .cf E. A. Smith, London, so industriously circulated by. the Opposition press in New Zealand, thero be laid before this House the correspondence on. the matter that has passed, between tho Government and the lato or present High Commissioners. '

Mr. M'l/aren wants to know, from tire Minister for Public "Works whether he will inform tho House what legal liability, if any, rests upon the Crown with respect to accidents occurring to workmen employed 'on State co-opera-tive works ; and, also, out of what funds present payments are made in cases of such accidents.

Mr. Buick is to ask the Minister for Railways whether it' is his intention to place a sum of money on tho Estimates this session sufficient to improve the Pnlmerstou railway station, so as to make it . capable, .of. accommodating the business it .is called upon to perform. Ho states thv.t the business of the Palmcrston railway station has increased to such an extent since tho alteration of the railway'' service on the completion cf the Mcjn Trunk line that tho work is almost dangerous to the: workmen and iiiMHHsamcnt to travellers.

Mr. Luke is a<sk'ing the Prime Minister whether tho .wuulitions contained in tho Hutt Railway and Road Improvement Act, 1908, in af- far as they affect the local hodies mentk'iied in the second schedule were submitted.to the separate local authorities befoKO the passing of tho Act.

Mr. Hogg intends to avlc the Minister for Public Works whether, .seeing that the East Coast railway }. ; ne is to he proceeded with, he will consider tho desirability of constructing tho line between Masterton and Waipukurau, whoro there is a large area of fertile country, and a great amount of closn settlen'icnt suffering from the want r.f reasonable access to the principa I ports and markets.

Mr; Okcy is to ask tho Government whether they will givo reliable' .instructions to the. High . CommissiViiejto keep tho Dominion fully posted wvth reliable information concerning Argciitino trade. Ho states that a (IroiigfV' of an extensive character has occurred this season that has affected their output considerably, prices of produce wont up in London, and tho information would have been useful to Dominion producers.

Air. Hogg wishes to know from tho Minister for Agriculture whothor his attention has been called to tho injustice suffered by breeders of stock in Great Britain and Now Zealand, owing to stud or sheop intended for

show purposes being prohibited under any circumstances from being landed alive in Great Britain, thereby preventing breeders from, improving their flocks by tho introduction of fresh, blood, and if ho will endeavour to have tho restriction removed. Mr. Newman will ask tho Government whether, in tho interests of the sottlers up tlio Wanganui River, they will inquire as to tlio rates of freights on tho river steamers, and, if found to he excessive, will endeavour to havo them reduced, so that they may ceaso to be prohibitive, as is reported to havo boon stated by Air. James Mackenzie (Commissioner) at the last meeting of the Wellington Land Board; and also whether' they will havo the road construction work pushed on in that dis-. trict, in order that tho settlors referred to may havo access to tho railway.