WORK OF PARLIAMENT

Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 253, 20 September 1930, Page 8

WORK OF PARLIAMENT

RAILWAY ESTIMATES DELAYED. BUSINESS FOR NEXT meek. (B, U"'’!™'" House 1 of Representatives to-day. Throughout Thursday there was a iuudebate on the Railways statement and although many items « ere traversed the House did not see m to put Sgh the departmental vote at or .the estimates was resumed this morning, but tb, only result was a report of progress Some time was taken up in the debate ™ the letting of the recent coal contract by the Railway Department tne upshot beifig an undertaking bv Hon. upsnot Vei £ h> jjimster oi Railway. to'refer to the .file on the subject to the Railway Committee. . ... Hon E. A. Ransom Prime Minister appealed to the House to pas, the estimates at the sittmg in order to enable some progress to be made, hut a further discussion or dome,U: carried the debate to the ad°U\skednwhat^the business for Tuesday next would be, Mr Ransom sa.d it was rather difficult to arrange the order paper in view of the slow progress made. The present intention was to take the Committee stages of the Nurses’ and JHdwives’. Registration Bill when the House resumed.