PARLIAMENTARY

Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 41, 15 September 1885, Page 3

PARLIAMENTARY

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES [pee united press association.] • Wellington, September 12. In Committee of Supply the following votes were dealt with : — East and West Coast railway, £150.000. Mr Reese moved to reduce the vote by £50,000. Mr Sutter moved a further amendment to reduce it by 149,000. Mr Holmes considered that the member for Stanmore had acted for the sake of popularity, and the honourable member had been prompted by the member for Auckland City East. Mr Sutter's amendment to reduce the item by £149,000 was then put and carried by 70 to 12, and a vote of £1000 was carried. — Greymouth and Hokitika, £15,000. Mr If acarthur moved to reduce the item by £10,000. Lost by 41 to 32. Mr J. B. White moved to reduce it by £8000. Eeduction carried on the casting vote of the Chairman, Ayes, 35 ; noes, 35. — Livingstone branch, £17,400. Mr Sutter moved a reduction of £8000. Carried by 49 to 24. — Palmerston. Waihemo, £8800 carried.— CatlinEiver Branch, £11800; carried. — WaipatuHeriotburn, £1200; carried. — Edendale-Tuitoi, £5000 ; carried.— Otago Central, £151,600. Mr Butter moved a reduction of £25,000. Eeduction carried by 42 to 26. — Lumsden-Mararoa, £5100; carried. Wannea, £10,000; item struck out. — Seaward branch, £7,100; carried. — Biverton-Orepuki, £5200 ; carried. — Additions to open lines, £172,100. The Minister of Public Works suggested that the item be reduced by £15,000 ; agreed to; total reductions, £375,500. Permanent way rolling stock, £268,000 carried. September 14. In the House this afternoon Yogel said he regretted that there was ne chance to carry out the San Francisco mail service with Auckland as the terminus. Negotiations with regard to making Sydney, Auckland, and Honolulu as termini, with separate services between those places and Frisco were pending and he hoped to be able to report to the House before the session was over and get the sanction of Parliament as to what should be done.