PARLIAMENT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 34, 8 July 1885, Page 3

PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF REPRESENt ATIVES.

;i(tJNITJBD- PRESS 'ASSSOOIATiQN.) ; : -; .; vWelungton^ Tuesday/ j The House mejt at 2.8 b p;m. ,%/ ! ■ ANSWERS TO .QUESTIONS. , -.. 1 ; Replying to questions, iit v was' stated ; ; that ;the Government: wpuluVconsider the^ ! adyiiibility of putting a .sum :I on the estimates for the continuation ''of the raili way Une near : Woodville to Awapurua railway bridge.— lt. was intended ;to dispose of thejMiangaitainbka^Bloek for the purpose of bonnjide settlements! ': ..;■ is'^UMDnSBRIAIiSTATE'MEiJT. 1^ " j Sir Julius Yogel made a Ministerial iStatement. He said,.the .^Government ;had^ carefully^onsidered the sugjgestions and criticisms made on the proposed; alterations : m tne tariflFii They' jhadjalspj.icpnsi^ei'ed \ how :i far' it . wa*< jpossible to suggest .modiificatipns v\ fcon^ isUtent mth the priniary pbjecfa iais■lnVreyeriufe.''He' said yery grei^t care would be refl&ired'in !: riitfking the ailieran , tions im the tarififj 'and the matter ' pbuld ; not be dealt with .hurriedly. - He would; r therefore, ask the House to give the Government Wednesday evening to deal with the question. It was very important/it should be djealt with atjpnce, m consequence of '{he' uhcerliainty aV= to the - new duties thit' was being, felt m business circles. The Government woWd; be m a position '. iou state onsWednesdayevening w%t;nipdificatiQns they proposed ib make to the, House, jr. r :■. ..;>- . )■•■ "The Hpn;' Mr.' Stbuf >aid thatif ; the. $Ibuse agfee"d to the course by, the Treasurer, ; he should move that ihe prders ; bf the* day , for ■ Wefihesclay and Thursday be placed a" week fuirther : oo r on Jthe Order Paper.! ; After some furtherdiscussion as to the , kdy^sablehess ofthis cbiirse, , the Hon. Mr Stout moved that 'Government' business tah:e precedence on' Weanesday; Whibh wag agreed to. ■■ ' :•'■'"'.' - -"?'■'• ••^; v -■'-.■ ■ .;'■-■_