PARLIAMENTARY NEWS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4529, 21 September 1893, Page 3

PARLIAMENTARY NEWS.

TUBLIO WOKK3 STATKUENI.' Tho I'uMio Worta Statementwill; probably bo brought down to-day. It is understood that besides the vote for school buildings, the aura of over JB300,00() is tab« allocated • for railways, and over £200,000 for roads, The Government intend to complete i tho Rotorua Railway, and tbe E'stimates are to include a sum of £BB,OOO for tbat purpose. THE FLAX INDUSTRY. At a meeting of the Manufacture] and Industries Committee yesterday, the application of Mr T. Haycock, of London, that he should lie appointed an export to give iostruefcion to flaxmillers in the working of waste muterial iuto paper or some other useful substance, to ootisidered. It was agreed to recommend the Governmont to place £l5O on ihe Supple meutary Estimates to employ him for tbat purpose, His samples woro before the oommittee, who considered that the work should be undertaken purely as an experiment, Evidooce was given before the comtnitteo by the finisher at tho Petone Woollen Mills in favor of an ad valorem duty of 25 per cent on imported teasles, and the committee decided to raoommend the Government to impose this duty when revising the tariff, RAILWAY CHAItOKS FOR TIMBER. The membov for Masterton, Mr Hogc,ha3 moro thanouce complained that tho rates for conveying sawn timber by rail beivceu Wuirarapa and Wellington am excessive. He asked the Government to suggest to tho Railway Commissions that the charges should be reduced, in view of tho fact that millions of feet of valuable timber tire being burned annually in the Forty Mile Bush, and that tho expoit trade between New Zealand and Australia is languishing. Tho "Commissioners reply that the subject will have their careful consideration.

THE MEASLES AND TUB SCHOOLS. The Minister of Education, in reply to Mr T. Mackenzio, stated that,owing to the measles epidemio and the consequent loss of revenue to the Boards, the payment of capitation allowance lo Boards for the quarter ending 30th September would be according to the working average,

TUB FROSrOUTION OF TUE REV. J. C, AXDItEW,

Yesterday Mr Hotg asked the Minister of Lands to enquire into tin conviction of tke llev J, 0. Andrew, of lon Station, Whareama, for a breach of the Babbit Nuisance Act. The Hon Mr McKcnziowisd that the inspectors wero only doing their duty in -cairuug out the Act. Theßer Mr Andrew, be continued, had cauHt-d grout 'innuyance to the department, beoauße he did not attempt to cope with the rabbit pest on his station.— M.Z. Times.