NEWS AND NOTES.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1270, 27 October 1911, Page 6

NEWS AND NOTES.

THE NEW RAILWAY STATION. Mr. Luke has notified that be will ask the Minister for Railways whether provision is being mado in this year's supplementary estimates for the commencement of the proposed now railway station for Wellington, and whether tho Minister, pending the completion of the proposed new railway station, will take the necessary steps iorthwith to enable the trains conveying tho suburban traffic on th,a Manawatu lino to bo dispatched from and to arrive at the Lajiibton Station. Mr. Luko also asks the Minister to give effect to the requests that have repeatedly been urged ou him, that the extension of tho suburban area as to fares should a.ppjy to Tawa Flat and Porirua. CASTLECLIFF FREEZING WORKS. ! Mr. is to ask the Prime Minis- : ter whether the Government will con- : sidor the advisability of purchasing the : Ctif-tlccliff freezins works, if tho share- i holders decided to place this concern on i the market, and thereby prevent these 1 works from being acquired and run by ' the big financial institutions that control i the meat market? 1 THE TAUPO TOTARA PETITION. ] By the indulgence of the Houso, Mr. T. f H. Davey was permitted to move yester- i day that tho evidence taken by tho ( Tauno Totara. Inquiry Committee should 1 lx> laid on the table, and be printed. Tho motion was agreed to. i COOK ISLANDS AFFAIRS. t The petition of ox-Inspector Reynolds c in regard to Cook Islands affairs will not \ bo reported upon by the M to Z Peti- [ lions Committee this session. The chairman (Mr. Craigie) stated yesterday, in re- e ply to Mr. Wright, that the committee had not had time to deal with it. r ======= t