INTERVIEW WITH A MINISTER. THE COMING SESSION.
CONSERVATION OF OYSTEtt BEDS [Bt Telegraph —Special to TnE Post.] CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. The Hon. J. A. Millar left for Dnnedin by the first express. Interviewed, he stated that so far as he knew, the settlement arranged at Westport in regard to the "bank to bank" difficulty had proved satisfactory. The miners were working under the new arrangement, and he did not think there was any reason to anticipate further trouble. "In answer to a question regarding labour legislation in the coming session, the Minister said he would have to bo guided by the amount of time available. Probably the session would not extend more than three months altogether on account of the difficulty in regard to accommodation, and the approach of the general election. He did not expect he would be able to press forward many important measures. Cabinet had not yet considered the question of Bills to be introduced. The Marine Department, added the Minister, proposed to take steps at once to work the oyster beds of the north on its own account. An officer was being despatched to malt 3 the necessary arrangements. He anticipated that the new scheme would conserve the oyster beds and provide a better service for the public.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXV, Issue 41, 18 February 1908, Page 8
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