CABINET MEETING.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 250, 15 October 1908, Page 2

CABINET MEETING.

•') Association. U eliingion, Last .\i(jjit. • U 11 llll'utllljf ui Cillllll.'L it WHS dc- <- ulect tu aii Uiiunse tile giving ui a pur n»" of tin: -Magistrate s Court ,i, t , i; . ain.-ki.ind fur the w.fieiUng o> a road .idjoijiiiijj tii t . Auckland Courtiiouse. tenders are tu iic muted I'm i offices at St. UaiilaliS and CUaKi.ne. I aud lor a Ctlrisiehurch receiving home building.

1 .'iiai'i's wen* accepted for wie bfcetion_ uf a postniislicss' residence at Opjliir, and fur Die erection of a pus„ uiuce at Wavcrlcc. Tenders arc also to be invited for the election of a post office at JUorriusville. The spa arcuninuidiition house at lliinnier is to be converted into a sanatorium for health purposes, to lie utilised by people visiting Hie springs. This is instead of devoting tile building to residential pimposes. The sum of ,i; 300 was passed for finishing the detention yard at Te. Oranga Home (Christchnrcli), Current authorisations were made as follows: lioad-making .C 150.000, railways .€IBO,OOO, rolling stool; £20,000.

The Chevalier collection of drawings, of which 200 are held liy the Covernnicnt, are to lie placed in tile Parliamentary library for the present, if it is found there is sufficient room for their accommodation. Mr. William Cordon Bell has been appointed to fill the vacancy in the Government Inspection of Machinery "Department, caused bv the death of Mr llamsav, a former inspector. It was decided to invite competitive designs throughout the Dominion for the new Parliamentary buildings.