PARLIAMENTARY.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
-.-■ -\: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4. •QUESTIONS. The Minister for Public Works, replying to Mr Bruce, said thai the Government could not undertake the accommodiation of-foot-passengers on the railway bridge across the Rangitikei ; ; River. :. ... ■'• !' ••.:■. .- = : ■ . ;. In; answer toMr ; Bruce who asked ' ' whether they would be .. prepared .to assist the local body m attempting, by means of .wire fencing, to protect the ''■' banks of the Rangitikei River m order •to prevent the destruction* of large tracts of valuable land ond improve Jthe : navigation of the river, sa ; d that the^ Government would pay attention to the matter so far as the pilot station was concerned, but, as the_ Government con-^ "sldered that the subject generally was one, for the attention of a River Board, . they could proiniß'e !no relief. • -In reply to Mr Rolleston, said that were a large number of claims under tile Forest Tree Planting Act. The Government proposed to adhere to the regulations.. : In answer to Mr Joyce, said that the Government had called for tenders for the supply of creosoted railway sleepers for the colony. ' ; :t
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Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 127, 6 November 1884, Page 3
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179PARLIAMENTARY. Manawatu Standard, Volume VIII, Issue 127, 6 November 1884, Page 3
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