PARLIAMENTARY.

Kumara Times, Issue 3041, 2 August 1886, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES. HOKITIKA-GREYMOUTH RAILWAY [united press association.] ■Wellington, July 28. Mr Sutter moved that ihe item, Greymouth to Hokitika, £75,000, be struck out. He said no money had yet been expended on this line and it whr not required. Mr Guinness said it whs not a new work. The sum of £30,200 had been spent on this line. Mr Hursthonse did not believe a single member from the West Coast would honestly say that this railway would pay the interest on the cost of construction. He did not think it would pay one per cent, when completed. The only railway that would pay at present, in his opinion, was that between Wellington and Napier. Mr Seddon said this railway certainly would pay. He pointed out that there was a population of 13,000 people within a radius of twenty miles interested by the railway. The item was retained by 40 to 24. THE BEER DUTY BILL. THE LOAN BILL. [from our own correspondent.] Wellington, July 31. In the House of Representatives the Beer Duty Bill was restated on the Order Paper. The Colonial Treasurer intends to move an amendment to clause 6, to the effect that no other business except brewing ale shall be carried on under any one roof of a building used as a brewery ; but that this shall not apply to serated water manufacturers, who may carry on the two businesses, but on separate premises. THE LOAN BILL. On the Loan Bill in Committee, the Government moved to reinstate £175,000, struck out when in Committee on the bill on Wednesday night, with the alteration that the amount Mionld be allocated for railways in the Middle Island. After considerable discussion this proposal was negatived by two votes Ayes 32, Noes 34, as follow : Ayes, 32. Ballance Levestam Be van M'Kenzie, J. Cadman M'Millan Cowan Menteath Dargaville O'Oallaghan Duncan Pratt Fraser Reese Gore Richardson, E. Green Seddon Guinness Steward, W. J. Hatch Stout Ivess Taylor Joyce Tole Kerr Turnbull Lance Vogel Larnach Walker Noes, 34. Atkinson Moat Barron Montgomery Beetham Moss Bruce Newman Bryce Ormond Buchanan Peacock Buckland, W. P. Reid Conolly Richardson, G. F. Dodson Rolleston Fulton Samuel Hakuene Stewart, W. D. Hobbs Sutter Lake Thomson, J. W. Locke Thompson, T. Macarthur Trimble Mackenzie, M. J. S. Whyte Mitchelson Wilson Pairs. Por: Against: Macandrew Johnston Harper Russell Smith Grey Wi Pere Fisher O'Conor Hursthouse Ross Hislop Holmes Hirst, H. Bradshaw Fergus Brown Buckland, J. C. Coster Hurst The Bill was reported with amendments. The Treasurer moved to recommit it, for the purpose of reconsidering clause 3. Major Atkinson asked whether the Government proposed to finish the bill. The Premier: Yes. Major Atkinson thought it would be as well to leave the third reading till Monday. The bill was recommitted, and the amount in clause 3 authorising the loan was altered from £1,500,000 to £1,325,000. The Bill having been reported, Sir Julius Vogel said on the motion that amendments in committee be agreed to, that he would simply Bay that the reduction in the bill would have a very disastrous effect ou th« finance of the year. Major Atkinson ask-d whether th-tt

was all the hoo. gentleman bad to say ? he had no reasons to give. After further discussion, the third reading was postponed till Monday next. The House adjourned at 12.30 a.m.