PARLIAMENT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XII, Issue 1735, 16 June 1886, Page 3

PARLIAMENT.

jpjjp, J^P»ESENTATIVES. (U^jITXP FBEBB ASSOCIATION.) »'■■'■'" "Willingtoii, Tuesday. AKPWBBS TO QUESTIONS. Replying to questions, it was stated— Tbat better aocoinniodation : wonld be provided tor ft Post and Telegraph^tafion at Pi»l#rston i; North.— That £lOO f OOQ;Wptild pot beiaufficient tocomntote th. Napier and. Palinerstpn railway , to it. junction „wit>. the Foxton New Plymouth railway at Palmerston.— That it would be fully two years before the railway would be thrbuerh the Manawatu ■ Gorge* ..-..'... ■ '. •.. •■ •. c ■ - ; - MUNICIPAL COBPOBATIONS. In clause 63, providing that burgesses with property oh the valuation roll, of not iess^than^ £60 shall have -onto' vote, Sir Bobert Stout moved that it be struck out A lengthy discussipri ensued, with the result that cumulative voting >as retained by 59 to 23. . The penalty for unlawfully acting as a councillor was altered to make any offender taking a; contract * liable to repay; the whole amonns. Clause 141, allowing rates* 1 to be raised to the extent of fifteen pence m the pound, was opposed by several memdots; including Sir Julius VogeJ, and lupported by others, includiug - Major Atkinson. The House divided, and fifteen pente wa« rejauned iby- 85i to 1 34 vote.. ■ m. • _ ; •■" Mr Hatch's proposal for Government •ndit of locar bodi,g to P*y expenses was carried by 47 to 22. .