HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Feilding Star, Volume VIII, Issue 9, 3 July 1886, Page 3

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

■ // •■<■ Replying to qu^stiens, it was stated that railway guar&j^ had. sometimes tcf" work shorter houirs than 'others, and they were paid, uniformly. That the railway guards wjere granted a week's holiday when . they could be best spared. — That onetyiard for the North * jisland and two" for the ;South had . Already been apjpqinted for dealing with, the railway employes' grievaa<jeß.—That -no prosecution would be taken against the person who soldmatehes by, which a 1 child of a woman. j©f invercafgill was poisoned.

';.' ; NEW PEYMOUTH HARBOTJIt. t Mr Samel moved the second reading joi the New- Plymouth. Harbour Loan JBill, the object of which was to raioe loan of £60,000 for the . .jNew Pljrmoutlji harbour works. E©| • said the works /had been carried out in & most substantial manner, but had iiet been sufficiently extended to prove Temunerative. j The bill merely asked ior power to enable the ratepayers to "porrow: the sum reqnired. — Sir Robert Stout, in supporting the bill, said he did so on the ; understanding that in <43ommittee provisions should be inserted whereby Jthe interest on loans "eh«uld be pafii out of the special rate, polonel Triujblc opposed tbe bill, at great length jf on the ground that it undesirable to borrow a further mun for a breakwater which, had been a burdea : on 'the shoulders of the < people. He? alleged that Waitara /was preferable to New Plymouth, and siiid that it ihad been no expense to the country.!:, He went into the whole bistoury of t&e breakwater since 1477, anil concluded by moving that the f*'" I\.-sb«1 \.-sb« read^ that day six months;—* jor Atkmson supported the bill.; said it not quite fair of Colonel uible to ka.y that the puople of New Plyniuttth wanted the bill merely for' ±te uake of the expenditure of money. Asva country settler, he (Major Atkinaon) spoke as one of those who would H^ve this extra burdea put Upon him, and lie wiould vote for the tiecuntl fading o| the bill. — Mr Hurstliouso opposed the bill, and contended that it would require £750,000 to complete the! N.ew Efyuumth breakwater. The debate was interrupted by the .5.80 adjournment. - : -J.\ _:..] This Day. Int% Hjause last night th« WestOoast. IBailwSy f debate ■ wan resumed — Mr, llblulea tgaid some of the opponents or the Bill liad allowed their hostility to get the. letter of their judgment. The <50mpanyi had the ml vices of wellknown engineers, Messrs Carruthers and Napier Bell, to project thorn.- 1 -.' Mr Riiifestoa thought the Government would have saved a great deal; of trouble if they had referred the land provisions of the Bill to tbe Waste Xiands Committee. Fie considered there was nothing in the contract to <cbmpel the completion of the lino yithlha fixed period. — Mr Connolly, -vas not in favor of the Bill. The . Tail way would be a disappointment to the colony, and a bad- bargain for the company .—Mr Fisher criticised the Bill adversely; It would, have come out of j Committee in a very different f orm jjiad a real Opposition existed. — ■ J. O.jßuekland would vote against, and Brace and Beethan for the third TQitfikg.— Sir B. Stout, referring to objections taken to nature of schedules,- --; asked in what other way the Bill could have been formed. Many ofthose who opposed the measure could not i aye read the contract.— The Bill was :ead a third time and passed by 3frk|l3.