HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Tuesday, Oct. 6. EVENING SITTING. PUBLIC WORKS ESTIMATES. After the Telegraph Office closed the Public Works Estimates were still under discussion. Sir JJ. Stout's motion to reduce the vote of .£41,715 for roads and other -works on goldfields and mineral lands by .£6715 was lost by 34 to 18, and the vote passed. Sir E, Stout moved to reduce the vote for roads on goldfields, .£82,257, by .£12,257. Lost by 35 to 17, and the vote passed. Objection -was taken to the vote of .£98,950 devoted for the purpose of developing the goldfields of the colony, on the ground that the amount was excessive. . Sir B. Stout moved to reduce the vote by .£48,950. Lost by 30 to 22, and the vote passed. The remaining items on the estimates •were passed without alteration. The House rose at 4.30 a.m.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5690, 8 October 1896, Page 4
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