TO-DAY'S PARLIAMENT.

Evening Star, Issue 12928, 26 September 1906, Page 4

TO-DAY'S PARLIAMENT.

[Pbom Chm Pab£iambntabt Exro^raa.] QUESTIONS. Ministerial replies to questions contained the following jnfprm#|4an. Should oil be found in sufficient quantity in Taranaki, the Government will ensure that tho interests of the polony will be protected ' from the Standard Od Trust, who are tmi de&yprmg to obtain possession, and the psul* lie will get the full benefit. It is proposed to protect Paradise dnck* in 19Q7. The Bill to give effect' to tie report of the Taifiri Drainage has been drafted, and is now under conadera(ion. It was hpped to introduce it at an early dftte. The Minister of Railways sajd during the summer considerable progress would be made with the actual construotion of thfl Mosgiel duplication. Mr E. G. Allen's request for an extension of workers' tickets to girls travelling by *ny train before nine could not be oonrpljed with. The Minister of Lands informed Mr T. Mackenzie that a satisfactory solution of the vexed question of the destruction of agricultural land by mining had not yet bpen reached, Any attempt /to limit dredging and juicing would be disastrous to the mining industry.