PARLIAMENTARY.

Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 11, 5 July 1883, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

HOUSE OF KEPKESENTATIVES. PUBLIC WORKS STATEMENT. The Hon. Walter Jolmgton, Minister „ for Public Works," delivered his Public , Works Statemerit'for 1883 in the House t on Tuesday last.-^Thp-'inaker of railways necessarily occupied the greater t portion of the, statemen^butineyfollow- [' ing are the only items of interest to West } Coast settlers of- the North Island': — I Nobth Island Teujtk. Railway, j In accordance, withTa promise made last * .- year, steps have been taken" tcTexplore the^Nortk Island --'fo'riihV purpose of de- ' ternrining the future route of the Main ' . Trunk. Line of --rail way.' >Fotir survey^. » parties are now engaged in this work, viz., one party qnj-he line recommended as being suitable from Hastings to Taupo, i and thence to /le Awamutn ; one party J on the inland line, starting from near • Marton or Feilding, and proceeding 5 northward j andtwo on the line between • Taranaki and.Te Awamutu. f „r - -- WEiMNGTOK-'WboDVILLE "iINE. Upon the Wellington- Wood ville line, an extension of- the ; lirie from' Masliertoa "; to Opaki has been let by contract, to be i finished in Decembeiv:ajad & contract has been let for the railway bridge near Woodville. Foxton-New Plymouth. l It was excepted:- last year that the 3 section between Waverley and Manutahi j would have been completed by December 5 last, but uuiftual difficulties rrhave been experienced on the Whenuakura contract, % and have prevented: this.* It is hoped, however, that this section will be ready, j this month. A, portion fblllie £api des- , cribed in last year's Statement as lying between Mauutahi and Havvera has been . made'the subject of a contract, and it is , proposed to call for ( tenders at an early , date for the remainder, about six miles. > This will complete -the main line front Foxton to New Plymouth, and its completion will, I^have' ho dSub't^be' a %6rc© of satisfaction to hon. members. * ... „-.. ■■■-„-,-..■. r. rr \m' Wellington, This Day. After the adjournment last night Major Atkinson opposed the Constitution Act t Amendment 'BilL : 'The' r m^TeF'h'adraih:d ; to show any good cause why it should be s passed, and-if the •questibn.jras_lo-4>e ■ dealt iwith; at;aU'iitlwaSit do large' a subV. ject to be legislated ;-,, 0n by a private '■ member... Mr, Mos?j opposed^ the Bill. \ Mrllevastam would' also 'ratner abolish the -Council than; make.it/jelectiyei'^Jfe 1 bpposedVthe Bill,; ; andV^iJ^Tllompspn '; (Clutha) thought; if better membad* been i rappointedvtoj the-, Council jthereuwo'uld i have been less autery against that body. ! Mr Fish also tb ought ? s6mech'ange necesI sary, * but" not""such~a radical ,p^ as the j Bill proposed. ' ." Mr George wo.uld «vote i for the ßill 1 1.1' 1 W^ Holinos' was'not j ;pareQ,to''^ccep^t]ie : Bjll t asJ.J^s,to^d',,b^ i it might be' amended in committee.., -Mr I Kelly would pbjeipt r to:an,-eleQtiye:.TJpper EJouse!.. MrjMpntgouaery.believe^iJnlthe • hecessifcy for a second Chamber,;! and could not. supportfthei Biim^Nidichange • could, however, be made without an^ap^ t peal to'ithe country. ;jSir : G^Grey!'repiied» expressing a strong ; conviction that\ r the s pebple of the were ; with him;' and l that his Bill would ultimately 1 become • law; :;: The H6use'dividec£. v , TM^'Becond reading was negatived T by ,35 "t0 11; < The BiiVwas^hrbWb'u't" 311 J ' UI! " a '°;g; vh