POLITICAL NOTES.
[lauiM Our Co.brespoxden t.] WELLINGTON. luly" 27. LYTTELTON HARBOUR HOARD. The Asbburton County Council has petitioned Parliament to throw out the. Lyitelton Harbour .Board .Bill. A LODGER'S LUGGAGE. •Twenty boa rdinghouse-kecpors _ of Te Aroh.i :nid Rote.rua hare petitioned Parliament to relievo them and their class throughout, the dominion from the, disadvantage of being: unable to detain the property oi lodgers who ru iv Jail to pay their bills. SHEEP WORRYING. With the object of preventnu' sheep worrying Mr Nosworthy asks for legislation to compel the tying up of all do'jjs at nigh;, when not under the caro of their owners, and to givo the right to dt-slioy any dog found worrying shaen. THE OIL INDUSTRY. The Government is being asked to erect a' .State refinery on the Taranaki oil. held? and to distil for all companies on the field, charging only the actual cost of refining, to assist in placing the industry on a sound footing. .
A 'POPULAR INSTITUTION. The Pakatoa Inebriates' Home, winch, has-been dechsred lull on several occasions recently, is the subject oi two questions ' il the House this week. One is whether the Government will hare its accommodation extended immediately, and tlio other is whether admission should not be- only by the. agency of a conviction for habitual drunkenness.
STATE FERRIES. li .1 have previously .stated that the Government is favourable to running the ferry service between _ the two islands," said the Prime M mister to a deputation to-day, '' and wo have not changed pur opinions, although when the matter was bolore the House some time a-RO there was a- good deal of opposition to it. it is a question of finance, am! means a.considerable sum of money. The Union Company carries on the service, well, hut it is only a question of time when the great railway systems of both, islands tire bound to be connected by our own steamer between the islands. 1. think as a. matter of policy it would be. a- proper tiling to do."
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9910, 27 July 1910, Page 3
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