PARLIAMENTARY ITEMS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 405, 22 June 1880, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY ITEMS.

In the Legislative Council on Thursday last, after minor routine business, bad beendisposed of, TheHon J. N. Wilson moved—" That it is the duty of the Government to puree the Commission of flic Peace of all insolvents and other unsuitable people." A discussion owned, in which several members blamod all Governments for not purging the Commission through fear of unpopularity, and , also said .that men of honor and chamcter .would not ejt or accept the Commission oil account of th& bad state of the roll.

• The motion was eventually carried. The Hon H. Scotland moved—" That for the credit of the Oolony r *nd the advantage of bot'.i races, it is expedient that steps be taken to satisfy all recognised Native claim* to any portions of the confiscated land on the West Coast, itt accordance with the advice offered the Governor by the KoynJ CoiimMesfen. ,,, Mr Scotland said the peopla i>f • Taranaki kppt up _ the Mauri scare and made- the most of it ro get Government money, to live on, instead of rawing exports. The Hoi iF. Whitaker ,moved tlie previous question, arid. B*id»,ik would be injudicious to discuss the matter then. Sir F. D. BeJl bore witness to the assistance given the Couvnaiissioo by the settlers on the Went Coast. ...

The previous qire-siran was carried. The "Moorhouwe Services Recognition Bill " was read a h"rst time. ; x

The Gaming Bill was re-committed, and iih amendment made to the effect that oh being applied to for permitlifor totnlieatorfc and art tmions, the Cqlopial Secretary! should reler to the local Resident Magis* trate before deriding. The "Land Transfer Act Amendment Bill " passed through Committee, and the- ' Council rose at 4.40 p.m.

Jn the House of Representatives, Replying to the Hon. W. Gisborlie, The I-lbi). Mnjor Atkinson said, that the Government had under consideration, and be hoped this nession to he nble.toi introduce, a Bill that wouki deal wi'Jliwhole question offhe more* effective! audit of the acuoiMits ofiloeal bodied. / Mr Sutton moveji— ■" That in order to. assure the most effective system of local i Government at.tbcs least cost of manage-** ment, it is desirable that the relative positions of. €ounlies and R,oad /Boards should.be put upon a more satisfactory footing.' The Hon. gentlemen J then moved a series of toyt" e effect that Read Boards, as at present' existing should be abolished. That Cotlnties be « divided into Ridings, each of which should form a Road Board, that the chairmen of Road Boards form, the Counfy Council. That Road Boards he the only rating bodies. I" *" ;

The debate on the resolutions was postponed for a week. '

At the evening sitting the Hon. J. Hall moved—"That all Orders of the da>: bo postponed, so. as to enable Sir George Grey to move the second reading of the Property Assessment and Properly Tax ActEepeal Act." Tlw Bill was tantamount to a vote o£ want of confidence. The motion was carried on the voices. Sir George Grey, then moved—"That the Bill be discharged,' the Government having take"n thia as a vote of want of confidence." He proposed to move suclr & vote on a much broader basis. Hβ would ask for leave to move' instead— "That the financial ■ proposals of the Government are not as -a whole adopted,, to promote the welfare of New Zealand., The Hon. X Hall said that the House had reason .to complain of jthe course adopted. They had come there to discuss ] this Bill, which affected the. welfare of the ■country, and without any explanation Whatever the member in. whose name it stood proposed to withdraw it..,', He felt, bound to oppose the motion for its discharge. • On a division, the Bill wad. thrown out

. ky4ltol9. , .;••.. j. a V The Hon. Major Atkinson moved— \ V WThatthe House go into.. Committee- of C TPuppiy." ■■-•■■■■"■ '.■■, • Sir G. Grey moved as an amendment — "That the financial' proposals of the Government as a whole are, not adapted to promote thewelfaro of New Zealand.'^' . The hon. gentleman made. an eloquent speech concluding by Stating that he r would tell them that there were a few in / their midst who would never cease in '"*'" their efforts to'secure their objects, no matter what abuse might be heaped on them. No matter what adverse newspaper criticism was hurled at them, still they would fight, the good, the noble fight Everything he had,'seen convinced mm that they were not intending to do justice to the people at large. ..When the appeal came to be madeto the people theywere determined to get 'such a Parliament returned as would respect the true. rights of the people. • : .. : : The. Hon. J. Hall ■ characterised the ■speech of the previous speaker- as weak and transparently in error. They had not had a single word a,bout what the speech professed to deal with, vis., the finances of thencolony. They had ,'been told that the events of the-n^g.ht , . , 'woutd..'be- historical. They had heard *hatf before: If they, became historical this would not be/a bright page for the hon member. What had the hon. gentleman 40n% when he was in office? He,waß.tpejna,ncipato/the GO.OOO serfs and do ever 'many things ; they werp' to get electorrfL reform,, a libera;! ,)and la\y, and yet nothing at all had,<;orne dutof all these specious promises. .That was the. use they had made, of their, lease of political power, and they were-upw asked to "'renew that lease. The present Government had saved the country |rom the brink. . ,of political ruin into .-which, they had plunged the country., , On Friday, the, debate was continued. The most characteristic,speech was that of Mr Reader Wood. lle>eY.erely criticised the proposalsNofVtUe Qoverniiient, and then,, " .announced of vqting in tli'ejr * favor. .-(Firfe Aucklaind compact.)