The Railways Bill.

Opunake Times, Volume I, Issue 26, 28 September 1894, Page 2

The Railways Bill.

On Friday a rather warm discussion took place in the Legislative Council on the second reading of the Railways Bill. Hon Mr Shrimski, referring to the Hon Mr Jenkinson’s speech, said he thoughtit ill became the late servant of the' Government Railways to speak so ill of a service from which he. had earned his bread. It still less became the lion gentleman to act the part of detective and spy on the officers of the Railway Department fer drinking in a hotel when, as ho said, they should have been in their o .ice. Sir B. in his reply si!d be rcgreii./h the Hon Mr*Jenkins'' ad r'.j such an exhibition c_ himself c. ho had done that eveni tj, lie c'aa’lsnged that hon gentleman v ? vote against die Bill in the same warm mar tier as he had spoken against it, and he ventured to say he would never show 7 mmself again in Ch istc nrch. The Hon Mr Jenkins u posed on every rccasiou as champion of the poopie out he (Sir Patrick) assured m that the members of the ministry had iut xsts of working classes much nearer to their hearts than the honorable member had. The Government would never place the railways in competition with private enterprise, end would not therefore adopt the sn .gesiion to employ traction engines. The second r.r-.d ng was agreed to on the voices.