PARLIAMENTARY. WEDNESDAY EVENING SITTING. KAIPARA RAILWAY EXTENSION.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 666, 26 August 1876, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY. WEDNESDAY EVENING SITTING. KAIPARA RAILWAY EXTENSION.

Mr Sheahau moved, "That the Housj regret* the dtUy in the construction of the railway from Ki\erhead to Auckland, and conhider* ,tbe re.iaon for tbe d«lay givrn in the Publio Works Statement not ■ftti&f'tctory, and that the work nfaoald be undertaken at onoe." Tue liou. gentleman weat into the whole history of that line of railway, to show th.4t it should bavo bton proceeded with before, and that there was good reason to believe the line would be remuoeratire when completed. The Hon. E El--1 a-dtoo depfeated the termi in which the retvtution waa oouehtd. The Goternmebt aer«ei e«d any other intention than to eonalMMl the line, bat there had been eoritider«U«j unavoidable delay in oon-eqaence it 4} propoie/d deriation, and the.cooMqueM .acquisition of information. The reaulta had justified the delay, m a great taring had uoen mads by the altered |i*n*. There waa erery duaire to go on with the conatr uotion of the line, but it would be very impolitic of them to gi»e any very abort time. They mu»t fir*t atcertain how muoh it would coat to acquire the land on one or the other line. The line would have beeu ooinoieneed long ago, but for the high price aaked for land. JL good deal of diaouaiion enaued. Sir George (trey urgod that tha Goverumeat should give a dttiuiti aoawer, and say within throe mouths wh<-n they would commence the line. Mr Brown (Aahley) sad it vraa judioions not to be haaty in thesa in«VUr», aa the Government had been absolutely robbed of an luimeone amouut of money in regard to acquiring landa for railways iv the South lalund, cspuoally in Canter* bury. After a fgoort deal of diacuaaion the motion waa ultimately withdrawn.

[Sir G-eorg* Grey has telegraphed the following to Mr Shera, Chairman of tb« Central Committee, Auckland.] Wkllixqtoh I thank meeting for molutioni paved la*t night. The people of Auck aad may rely that I will lose no opportunity of advancing the luterotu of Now Zealand generally, aud of Auckland. Tue prevent cou'.eht otsutains every element of greatnesa—right* in ruveaue, and uKtiv* and crowo l»u<l*, pay meat of many million* of debt of which AuukUud't •uare hu beeu small ; all that conoerua a young nation's welfare au«i future |jr«atne«. It •hou d ba f tught to (he Jait. Truth u mighty, aud li^ht will prevail. The oft.irt of aJv;mt<tgo§, mad* t» tempt, ara ju»t ri^hti, wh>ob shall bn opobly ob>am«d Without imr.jiUC. G. Gr*v."

THS MEMBER FOR CITY WEST. YVkllingtos. Mr Tonka i« in a state of indecision since receiving the rf • >lution» forwarded by his committee yesterday, but it i» more than probable that h« will go with thi Governmeut. He quotaa tin eleotiou a ldre»a, in which, it will b« remembered, he caul, aa a qualification to hit promise to support Sir Gtorge Gr«y, " lv .11 that ia fur th« benefit of Auckland.*' This, h« uoaaidcra, leaves it opua for him not to »at)j)ort Sir Qeorge Grey whea he think* the action of the latter likely to be detrimental to Auckland.- -HxRAU) CorKKSrOSD£NT.