WANCANUI HARBOUR BILL.
Tlio Wanganui Harbour Bill, whicli proposes tlio borrowing of £250,000, fw purposes of harbour improvement, will be reiMi-t-ed on within a fow days by tlio Local Bills Committee of tho Houso of Representatives. It is thought not unlikely that the committeo may' recommend that the amount of tho loan bo reduced to £150,000 and that a proposal to raise tho wholo of this sum bo laid before tlie ratepayers at olio poll. Tlio Bill proposes that ;i poll lis taken regarding a loan of £160,000 in the first instance, and that a second poll bo taken subsequently upon a proposal to raise a further sum of £100,000.
Mr. Marnier is going to ask the Government to revert to tlio former position when petroleum was classed as minerals under the Mining Act. The point of Mr. Mander's question' is that oil is not reserved to tho Crown, wllilo all other minerals arc reserved. The lion. J. ,A. Millar i< moving for a return t-o show the.number of dismissals, and also the number of appointments, made by the Public Service, Commissioners, lie nsks for particulars, 100, of the officers affected by appointment or dismissal.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1840, 28 August 1913, Page 4
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195WANCANUI HARBOUR BILL. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1840, 28 August 1913, Page 4
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