PARLIAMENTARY ITEMS.
[By Telkgeaph.J [from OUR OWN CORRESPONDS! T.] WELLINGTON, December 13. In the House on Friday night the Public Works estimates were proceeded with. The vote for the Minister of Public Works department was passed without any substantial alteration. During the discussion Mr Richardson said there was a paragraph in the statement of the Minister of Works, to which he took objection. It was said there had been a large expenditure for the purpose of relaying the main lines with new rails, and before the present rails could be replaced, they would be so much worn that it would not bo worth while to put them on other lines. The fact was that, when those rails were laid down, the understanding was the railways were light ones, with a view to cheap lines being made in order to open up a large extent of country. No sooner had they been opened than the public insisted upon a greater speed without waiting for the improvement of the lines, and heavier engines than they were intended for were used, consequently injuring the linos They now had lines running at a speed equal to that of the neighboring colonies. He regretted that there was no reference in the statement to the renewal of these lines.
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Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1815, 15 December 1879, Page 3
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