PARLIAMENTARY ITEMS.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 411, 13 July 1880, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY ITEMS.

Qotiiicil on , taiarcia feibved-^ , ' That Lake Elleamere : ehould = not; be .drained upless the Natives deprived of fishing rights "were compensated." He said that the drainage was tt breach of the treaty [of Waitangi. .....; j-|r

The Hon. F. Whitaker said that*as Government had bought the lake be presumed they also bought the .fish. Thpre was ns intention to drain .the lake, which would ..require - enormous;< putnpa, but merely to keep down its level and prevent the flooding of the railway and adjacent country. . ' : C : After discussion the adjou?n|d tqJTuesday. \f\f 'M til t i.l,§he H6n.to&T. Peacolk gaTe?nbticejof motion tfyat Qovernment should deduct fyouSvsome other part of the estimates a -lufficientlum to pay Legislative Councillors tho.usuathonpEariiim. \ 'In thY House- bfi Representatives, afser A F formal bußineßß"lransacfed — ;| ' ll'Mft Ba'pflitofir it , is <?e----j3jriliiAitlial ths) Goiecnment workshops ..should.be-iaada avftilahle-for- the practical inetructioh fqr-Jiajf tilne'at one"brTn]jre' ( of the pWmary secondary; school? their' 'districts ; thatiprimarV br some of them V-hjch -may be : so situated- aa to enable , boys! receiving instruction; therein ;to attend 5 time ,at aiiy Govjernment worlfsiibpH, should, be (organised,! with, a view of: engraftihg' instruction Juppn the educational, system at' present •by law carried out' thereat." < He said that hie object-was to enabje a. to .be affordeH to the rising'ifeneratiop. He merely wiehod to bring the A subject before the Qoyernment,.,with a view 9f\gestting a ech'eine pf ,the'kjnd ft ' \; > * Several-members "eupported/l the] motion,, which wa» put and / ' : '- sitting; Mr Hutchison riidv'ed'the-'secan'rf reading Immigration Bill. The object Jpt the ineasu-re wan to prohrbitthe imtnigfation of .Chinese.: altogether^- A debate in Avhich notHing ri,e\y was adduced on either side'of thequestinh. 'Ultiuiatoly the.Billwas read a second time, by 31 votes to 12 1 . '■ '

On Friday the House went into Committee of;Supf!y. ' ■

The Hon. J. Hall explained that Government underbtood the resolution of the lion member for Cheviot wonld bind them to make a reduction of 10 per cent, on all salaries, pay, or wages, and that it would be provided for in the Appropriation Act. While applying the rule genorally there, were certain exceptional cases, in which 1 it would not be right to apply the reduction, and these Government would take tho xeßpcm'aibility of excepting. A3 to wages, Government found that no injustice would be ( (iqne in; applying the resolution, as in most case?; the, wages paid by Government were higher than those paid by private employers. ; Replying to a queation.by.,the- Hpn W. Gisborne, . , . ... Mr Hall said that 5 the 'r'sductiW meant 10 per cent, on salaries, and also 1 a further reduction consequent upon tie consolidation of offices. , . ;

Mr Hali moved the vote for the Postal Department— General Post Office, £-1000. Mr Wood compared the estimates with the appropriation made some years ago, and pointed out that in 1870 the population was 250,000, while now it did not exceed 450,00,0,,:50; that .the very large increase sought" wa& not justified by the increase of "population. Moreover intercommunication was much more complete and frequent than it was ten years ago. He moved that the vote be reduced by £500. VY -i.v".: ,'■ ■.■-■■-■ :;. : - I >-l •■'-■■ Vii • —' ; ' -

tions suggested, the beet way was for them to take back the estimates in a lump sum and leave Government to make the reductions according to their own ideas. That would enable them to get away home sooner, and he did not ccc what better was to bo done. . ,■

Mr Lundon characterined the proposal o£ Mr Macandrew as {> " tubbish," and on being challenged by the Speaker, he enquired if he was not allowed to speak the truth. They were there t6 enquire into these appropriations, and not vote them in a Jump, as.hafl been proposed by Mr.Mao^ndr^w.. t ,y \ \ ij -',_.;.'■;./ £itfir some .rematka by other Mr Macandrew said they might go on diecusaing item by item if they, chose, but he could tell them from his experience that their labor would be in vain. The estimates would come out of Committee as they had gone in. The Postal and Telegraph Departments owere^'passed-without reductions, except thoee proposed bythe Hon. Mr Hall. The Colonial Secretary's Om"ce and the Electoral Department were got through, and the House rose at 12.30..