CABINET DECISIONS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 202, 20 May 1908, Page 7

CABINET DECISIONS.

RAILWAYS AND PUBLIC WORKS. ■y ' Cabinet:met, yesterday afternoon, ' and dis- ■ josed;of.tho following'•matters;— y . . ■ APPOINTMENTS. Bishop Julius was reappointed, as the representative of tho Government on the Canterbury College Board of Governors. Mr..,W. H. Collins was appointed to . fdl a racany.on the' Ashburtoii Hign School Board.. FOXTON HARBOUR. The. purchased.of,lo3o acres of- land was authorised,; as an endowment for the Foxton Harbour Board. . 1 ■ " PUBLIC WORKS. ', AysumVof £2800' was authorised towards the Wangaiiui Riyer Bridge.' l " It..wWats t decided to invite tenders for tho . construction of a new court-house at Wanga- --. nui.-';- L V:' '.y.; V' ■■■'.V'-.''' .''.-v. ; Ari .expencliture of £1450 was authorised. ' for,; additions';, to' the : Irivercargill Railway Workshops. - '' '' ' ~ ' ,-y ; A "sum .of ;£6OO .'was authorised ;to' be spent, on additions to the, Maori Hill School, Dunediri:Vy:yyy;.'y '. V -'".i j ■ Teiiders >ere'accepted'for.additions .to the Suj>rome Court, Wellington, additionsto tho CotirtiHouse,'Palmerston North, and for a . "imental;hospital at Hokitika. • .. A" : tehder was authorised for' the supply of telegraph • arms. ■'- ;■■■' A . subsidy'' of '£338- 12s. was authorised in respect'. of Apparatus for the -Christchurch Technical College. It was decided to call for. tenders for a police, station sat Dunollie.: .. '-\ 1 Votes were authorised of £5600 for, a new bridge at Hamilton, £500' for a bridgo over the' Thames River, £500 for 'tho Waipa . Bridge',- Auckland, and £1000 for a bridge : over the Wairau River, Marlborough. An expenditure of £250 was.authorised for the purchase of a site at Huntly, for a post ' office.; ,; •' RAILWAYS. . . Authorisations .' were made in respect of working : railways,' for materials, sleepers, on to tho amount of £41,801). Tho following . current' votes were authorised ■ 'Kawa -Kawa to' Grahamstown lino, £3500. : Gisborr.e-Motu line, £1200. \ Helcnsvillo lino, £2000. i Midlands Railway line, £4600. Stratford-Ongaruhe line, £2000. ': . .'. Ngahere-Blackball lino, £3370. Gore-Waikaka, line, £531. , , Reefton-Inangahua line, £500. : l Blenheim-Waipara line, £2000. |