THE LATEST.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2053, 3 August 1875, Page 2

THE LATEST.

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the tha|?| Vftttir railway, i MOTION TO SUBSIDIZE RIFtEBtH TO AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL

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«iC)TTSEKiOFJ BEi^ESENT^iTiyESJ

Mr OMSeiIL presented petitions' with regard to the construction of_a railway from the Thames to'WaikatoJ" aTso~respecting*(the completion' of ? the Weiti road. ' -^ ", A petition was presented praying the House to take into consideration the claims of Tairua and others in Princess street. _ f Mr Itichardson said*at half-past seven he would ask leave to , introduce the Eailway' If ill, and would take the opportunity to make a^ Statement regarding Public Works. r The opinion of the* Solicitor-General was read regardiug the period th« present Parliament dissolves by effiuxion -of time. The opinion is that Parliament expues-in five years from the 25th February, 1871, , Mr O'Neil gave notice of a motion that a sufficient sum be put upon the estimates to enable the Colony to be represented at the great rifle match' at Philadelphia. ,In reply to Mr Williams Mr Reynolds said the revenue was likely to be "derived from a -telegraph siation-fai'ther-north to Wbanparoa, and JVloDgonui was not sufficient to justify the Government incurring any more expense-in telegraphs m that part of the Colonyr- ~i * * / Mr Kichardson~ explained; that tne cause of delay m constructing the J3ay oi Islands Eailwar^as o^virig to the necessary agreement between the Company and the provincial authorities not being A precis of the^xMsfij^uS^^^H^HH 'will'be'-that greater latitude' should be "allowed in debate, namely, by permitting distinct reference to proceedings m tne Upper Hou^e, (fe.p^' critipjsm oi top Governor and hi§ actions. Buflles says it is a very curious fact that when he grew ill they fed him on j gruel. •