PARLIAMENT.

King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 399, 27 September 1911, Page 5

PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. (Abbreviated Press Association Report.) A lengthy and critical discussion on the railway estimates took place in the J louse last night. The Minister for Railways in his reply, said that, many of the requests I made would r> anil in a loss to the department. Where was the money to come from';' It was impossible to derive- a revenue fioni the service ;f such demands weie ncoooded to. lie declined to entertam, the proposal to I make (ickels \: ans I erablo and usable i ,-!(, any time. The system in vogue jn''( ( "11 ; 1 ailment to have a , hi I )< Ivcl:;, which it would , ( i, \ t, \ i «-. The question of i n tootlstud's on the rail- ' N \ lilt considered. He had i ( ft h 'uce the charges on I i lut this he could not do, ti i t f timber was more than ) \ > i* (ho ordinary article. I j hnj been a preferential til \ i i of Now Zealand timI tltl them against imported i i \ moved at a later stage i that the item of £iV?fi for the salary of ! the president of the Wailcato-Mania-i poto Maori Land Hoard he reduced by i Yl. as an indication that he is placed j in an improper position as trustee of | hind which war- lately native (the ' Moka.u <'-iatt i ;md which was now in \ tiii hands of private individuals, and i thai he is receiving payment for act- | u<g as such, liy :-'.' to 15 ihe motion | was negatived and the, House rose at I L'.oh a. m.