PARLIAMENTARY NOTES

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XIX, Issue 1868, 9 August 1886, Page 3

PARLIAMENTARY NOTES

(me* OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) NAP lER-WOODVILLE RAILWAY. On Friday, in the House of Representatives, Mr Ormoud asktd the Minister for Public Works, When will the short piece of line requireid to complete the Napier railway to Woodville be let, aud will the contract pro vide for the completion of the line to Wocdville in February next, when the contract for the section now in course ol construction is to be completed ? Tbe Minister said the specifications were now ready ; and to the latter part of the question he answered in tbe affirmative. SEAT or GOVERNMENT. Mr Taylor moved that the next sitting of the General Assembly be held at Christ church. It would be much better for the constitution* and conduct of many hon members to do this, he said, to sit at Christchurch. Further, that city was very centrally situated. The motion waa lost on the voices. VOTT* a AWAT PUBLIC MONET. COSOHIIEE OE SUPPLY. The Honse then went into Committee of Supply on the Estimates, and passed a very large number of votes for all sorts of services. In iaet, they pretty well “ worried through " the whole of the Estimates, and voted away a very large sum of public money. In reference to the item " Museums,” Mr Beetbam said that the Minister ehould assist in forming a muse am at Masterton, where, he said, a very good one could be foimed. The Minister was understood to say in reply that Masterton would be entitled to assistance as other centres were. Tbe vote for “ Museums ” was ultimately passed, and after voting a few more s urns the Honse rose at close on 3 o'clock in the morning, and the members retiied to their hemes to rlecp the sleep of the just. STATUTES. In tbe House of Representatives on Friday the Minister of Justice, iu answer to Mr Ivess, said the statutes were and would be supplied to the various libraries iu the Colony. LOCAL BODIES FINANCE AND POWERS BILL. The Treasurer moved the second reading ol this Rill. Agreed to. The R.ll was committed and agreed to without amendment. The Treasurer agree 1 to postpone the thud reading till Monday. Tbe Rill was tneu reoorted. 6UEEP ACT AMENDMENT BILL. This Rili was read the third time, and passed. DISTILLATION OF SPIRITS. On the motion to go into Supply, Mr Levestam moved, as an amendment, That in the opinion of this House, the distillation of spirits in this colony ought to be encouraged, so as to afford the farmers a local market lor their produce. The amendment waa rejected. MR WABDELL'S SALARY. In Committee of Supply on the vote for Resident Magistrate being considered, Mr Bncbanan pointed out that Mr Wardell, the B.M. for Wellington, only got £-3.30, and that it was too little as compared with the salaries of B.M.’t at Christchhrch and Dunedin Alter , discussion the subject was allowed to drop. waste lands boards. There was a good deal of discussion about the item, Fees and Travelling Expenses to members of Waste Lands Boards, £l-300, but it was passed. A lot of Estimates were passed, and the Honse rose at 2 o'clock in the morning.