PARLIAMENTARY NOTES.
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Wellington, Saturday. In the Rouse on Friday niglit there was very little business to do. An Imprest Supply Bill, for £500,000, was introduced and read for the first time. The second reading was fixed for Tuesday next. The Premier explained that so large an amount being asked for so soon was on account of the exigencies of the public service, in consequence of the heavy expenditure on public works. A long discussion was raised upon the question relating to railway management in Canterbury. The majority of members from the Province condemning it as very bad indeed, and stating that the public sustained great loss and inconvenience in consequence.
The management of the Otago railways was spoken of in high terms. Messrs. Lusk, Bees, and M'Farlane took the opportunity of telling the House that the railway management in Auckland was as bad as could be, and that the people would not patronise it. They attributed the blame more to the regulations than to the inefficiency of the° railway officers. Mr. Reynolds, declining to sit on Public Accounts Committee, Mr. J. S. M'Farlane was put on instead. The House rose at 9.15 p.m.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 61, 1 July 1876, Page 2
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