PARLIAMENTARY.

Kumara Times, Issue 3052, 14 August 1886, Page 3

PARLIAMENTARY.

THE REPRESENTATION BILL. SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES. KUMARA • AND THE RAILWAY DEVIATION. CHRISTCHURCH ROAD MEN'S WAGES. THE PROROGATION. [PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Wellington, August 14. The Representation Bill was thrown out last night, on the Premier moving that the House go into Committee on the Bill, by 39 to 36. The discussion was of a very animated nature, all the West Coast members opposing it and voting with the majority, while even the Ministry were divided, the Premier (Sir R. Stout), and the Minister for Justice (Mr Tole), voting with the minority, while the Treasurerr (Sir J. Vogel), Minister for Mines (Mr Larnach), and Minister for Public Works (Mr E. Richardson), voted with the majority. The following is the division list:— Ayes, 36. Atkinson Johnston Ballance Lake Barron Locke Bruce Macarthur Bryce Mitchelson Buchanan Montgomery Buckland, W. F. Moss Conolly Newman Dargaville Peacock Fergus Richardson, G. F. Fisher Rolleston Fitzherbert Stout Fulton Thompson, T. Grey Tole Hakuene Trimble Hamlin Wakefield Hirst, H. Whyte Hobbs Wilson Noes, 39. Bevan M'Kenzie, J. Bradshaw M'Millan Brown Menteath Buckland, J. C. O'Callaghan Oadman O'Conor Cowan Pratt Dodson Pyke Duncan Reese Fraser Beid Gore Richardson, E. Grace Ross Guinness Samuel Hatch. Seddon Hursthouse Steward, W. J. Joyce Sutter Kerr Taylor Lance Thomson, J. W. Larnach Vogel Levestam Walker Macandrew Pairs. For : Against : Moat Garrick Mackenzie, M. J. S. I vess Ormond Harper Stewart, W. D. Holmes Beetham Turnbull Smith Coster Hurst Wi Pere. The Supplementary Estimates provide £ISOO for the Hokitika Harbour Works ; and for Mrs Phelan, £52 per annum; also £IOOO for widening the Bowen-Hokitika Road, on £ for £ subsidy. The contract for the Arahura bridge is to be let on Monday. Kumara is to be connected with the Grey-Hokitika Railway, the line by survey having been proved to be practicable. In answer to Mr Seddon, the Hon. the Minister for Public Works has stated that the wages of the men on the Christchurch road is not to be interfered with, and that the District Engineer has been instructed that the notice of reduction which had beer, given, was never intended should be made to apply to the men on the Christchurch Road. Members are packing up, and the prorogation will take place about Tuesday next.