HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
AFTERNOON SITTING.
The House met at 2.30 p.m. IMPREST SUPPLY 8i11... An Imprest Supply Bill for £350,000 was received from the Deputy Governor and passed through all lta stages. ;■.:.■•'; TILLAGE SBTILEMBNTS. Replying to questions it was stated that Government did not ; intend continuing advanoes to settlers pn the lines of the. village homestead settlement scheme* * A lengthy discussion followed on- this motion b ? Sir George Grey for the adjournment of the House. Several members expressed regret that Government were not inclined to continue the villrge settlement aoheme. ' Mr B illanoe defended the "system at some leDgth. He a»ld he felt sure that the Minister for Lands had not obtained all the information on that aystem that ha might have had. At the eiame time he thanked the Minister for haying resisted pressure put upon him to ohange the tenure of those settlers, and it showed that he (Mr Riohards.-n) was prepared to give the scheme a trial, no matter what his owa land policy might be. He did not find fault with Government for instituting a land policy of their own, which they had a perfect right to do, but if he were a friend of the Ministry he should j advise them to continue the village settlement scheme m some shape or other. These settlements also were self-tupport-ing, and he hoped he would never again hear the term pauper applied to village settlers.
The Minister for Lands said that there was at present a great - demand for land m small areas, and. he hoped the BUI before the House would meet that demand. He contended that so long at settlement was developing: m a natural way there was no necessity for enootirag* Ing village, settlements. He asked the House to do him jußtioe, aud acknowledge that he was as slrioerely desirous of seeing the land settled as any other; memieto Although he was not opposed to tho scheme itself f he held that, as long; at. land In . the oolony was rapidly taken upj they were direotly relieving the uaeuvployed. ]z The motion for the adjournment was lost. - '■ a reoifbooal tabict. - ! f The Premier stuted that the subjaot of a reciprocal tariff for the Australian colonies would receive consideration. The House rose at 5.30 p.m. :-
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1902, 26 July 1888, Page 2
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