NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT.
[pee united press association.]
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Tuesday, August 23.
Mr. Robinson gave notice for a return of the indebtedness in every form of every local body in New Zealand.
The Licensing Bill was recommitted, and a clause reinserted, that children under 16 shall not be supplied, unless lodging in the hotel with their parents. The Bill was then read a third time and sent back to the Lower House.
ARTIFICIAL HARBORS.
Mr. Miller moved for the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into the question of harbors for the West Coasts of both Islands, with especial reference to Taranaki.
A debate ensued, during which several members expressed their conviction that a Royal Commission could do no good ; that all the artificial harbor works in New Zealand, except at Oamaru, have been simply money thrown away; and that it is high time the Legislature should have the courage to stop the whole affair. Captain Fraser said £400,000 had been squandered at Dunedin, and that the authorities there, and at other places, all thought they knew better than Sir John Coode and other eminent engineers. Eventually Mr. Whittaker pointed out that carrying the motion would do no practical good, and it was withdrawn.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume II, Issue 142, 24 August 1881, Page 2
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