Parliamentary.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3270, 31 July 1889, Page 2

Parliamentary.

When Iho House met at 10.80 yesterday morning, Mr Allen continued his speeoli and occupied the attention of the House until one o'clock, at which hour an adjournment was made till 2,30 for lunch. On resuming, permission was given for the Live Stock Committee to sit from eleven till one tomorrow. Mr Taylor then rosa and spoke till four, The member for Sydenham was iu his best trim and kept the House in roars of laughter. He scored at the expense of the Premier, who, ho said, was between two hunches of carrots, the town carrots being by far the best, although they were despised. Mr Blake was the next speaker, and sat down at twenty minutes past four, Mr Loughrey spoke till a quartor to eight, an adjournment of two hours being made for dinner, and was followed by Mr ft, Beeves. Mr Beeves made a very sounding speed), in the course of which he gave the House the benefit of his opinion on every political subject that is now or ever has been before tho people of this colony, When ho concluded at half past ten, the House adjourned till half past ton tins morning.

Eketahuna-Woodville Railway Extension.

Mv Buchanan is reported by Haiv sard to have spoken as follows:

Mr Buchanan did not think the presont Government or the past Government would accuse him of unduly urging them for the expenditure of money in the district ho represented, He regretted very inuoh that the honourable member for Masterton was not in his place, because that honourable gentloman's district more nearly adjoined the section of railway now asked for by the honourable member for Woodville. - While feeling, as they had done for several years, that the tract of country now sought to be opened up was one of the most valuable in Now Zealand, and that it would undoubtedly bo' one of the greatest dairy centres in all New Zealand, they at the samo time refrained from urging the completion of this railway, because they felt that if excessive pressure were brought to bear on the Government the admitted evils of undue borrowing would only be intensified. The fact submitted by the honourable member for Thorndon was undeniable, and that was, that this district was second to none in all New Zealand for its natural richness and resources. The population now being settled there was very rapidly increasing; in fact there was no part of New Zealand where, within the last few years, settlement had progressed at such a satisfactory rate as in this district. He did not wish to go into invidious comparisons between this line and the Otago Central. An immense amount of monoy had already been wasted on the latter, and there could be no question that any further expenditure would, to a large extent, bo also wasted. In regard to the Eketahuiia-Woodville line no such question could arise. As had been already stated, the paying character of the railway was beyond all doubt. He did not wish to prolong his remarks, except to say that any Government sitting on those benches would certainly not be fulfilling their duty if, when railway extension was resume'tljlno'ptter upder what form, this section were not put among the very first to be undertaken,