IMPERIAL LEGISLATION.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 186, 17 August 1901, Page 3

IMPERIAL LEGISLATION.

I PER PRESI ASSOCIATION. i London, August 15. i A Bill authorising thi co-s'rucii n of a pitr a' for the purpose iof accommodating s earners traversing |,the Atlantic in 4| days was re&A a second time in House of Lords .after passing the House of Commoi s'. created a sensation in Liverpool wh<we the s'ep in regarded as foreshadowing turbiaa fcteamnw run fay for igners, although it was stated in the Home of iiordu that vtssels are being built in Great Britain. * Parliament will prorogue on Saturday till the midd'e of January. Received 16, 9. IS a.m. London, August 15. » Ihe Naval Works Bill, asking for £4,500,000 beyond the Bill of 1889, whs read a second time by 178 to 82. The Bill includes a million for a breokwater at Mai to, a m llion for the extension of the Royal dockyards at Kenham, also for additional coaling facilities at Gibraltar, Malti, and Hongkong. C<p'n.in Prettyman, Civil Lord of the Admiralty, explained that the HongKong dockyard was not to be transferred to the main land, a rearrangement having placod 34£ acres adjoining the pressnt site at the disposal of the Admiralty. The Military Works Bi 1, providing for barrack and port defences, was read a tecond time, by 162 against 83.