HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 32, 1 November 1907, Page 9

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT BILL. ■• '' ''■'/i'-W-VY.'-C'-' (■ ,*,• tk-• t.- ?:■=. i"i?.ii/.i.' ;.'' THE PREMIER'S THIRD READING '■ ■'■-.> -;; "!i;-i:--."--lfi '-»■'.' TO'-CRITICISMS// jr.-.•;.> Sit ? '/( f '£eph ; '%ard's. thtf.'tiurii', read; ing' ilel)»to."o| ; tlio Natibhal, EndowmpTit'Bill' was 'ablivered'early .yesterday Vmbrning. •_ ■';;' The.l'rein'i'eT. said'tHat, land, natipnahsation was ,appM-cntly"'to bb'used asiacry against' the Government? .What was land nationalisation?,., H ; was the acquiring 'of "lands.'.by the Goyer?.nen£' : fpr tho'use''bf,the State';.Thaf was 4b.lvdone 'in' this'-comitry under/thb Land for Settlement .Act,';and;that''measurowas .by "the Leader of/thq Opposition and . were; not' lari-:i. riafionalisersin meant , 'by ■ the JOpP Bill' was;for' land ; 'preBorvStion in'.tKo interests of the Statp. ' ',',-:-'' '.„'.».'.' Aaffor/'tiie term''Sociiilist r lie,accepted-.tlia definftbnZof,; the, "Right, : Hpn. Joseph .Cham-! berlairi," who ;said ■ it : was a,, seeking,;.of ■ the greatest:-: go.qdr. of i -.tho; greatest,- number. : . the socuring..to-:.eyery,'indiyidual;.of-the, i right.,.to exiaft.'iand(ienjoy.fiexistence,, .The;Ppor'Law, the EducationVAot,- the, activity, of- .raunicjpalities ,wero ~The..Premier, re-, capitulated .yarious [ measures f pa"ssed; in , this country..and described ae;Socialistic., jHp.did not 'thiakviaany-i of, : ! the . people, wanted, to abolish;; those \ measures..'. The premier, then alludod to Mri J. Allen's'statenieiit.aß/toViMr.i G.: A. Russell's limitation resolution, and quoted from Hansard to" show that among those.\v ho vbted/a'gainst; it;were' leading, 'inembers.'of.ythe _Qppqstion. ; . . ; ~ ' , .^. The Small; ~:>;'' " l \; ; The.-sinail -grazing runs.under, the, Act of 1892'.toiailed:l,17i,715.'acres. the, SoutKJlslai.d;. and h275;268 , ; in ' the; North. Is 1 /. menfeJj'jn-.-trie- South .IslaM. '.wef,e being , rp : . was chiefly in thp sputh but :J)^,l)eWrthat.,the\Native ; meTn,bprs .had a.' ' pn"apy( that' camejiUefpr^the'tHpnse.^.'.Tliey^.had'th'c sanio' rights' arltl status 'mpmbprSirHq Had., work'ed'out 'the' 'area'.which'"jßJiil'd'.'.hayo./to to .dbrlucted from Islaiid' endowments, pp. as to make a reduction proportionate io that made'ririVthe SbutK'lsland endoivments. '■ It.wonld come to only 200,000 acres. Ytet Isjand -■rnembers' Wore , complaining. abpu£;|;*'" ft .;'■'•;; .^-,', : ?;'!'! : ', : ' Previous : Rof bfrhers.- ■'■-''" ■ in Cp'nVi'nitfeo;sh6w.ing the 1,500,000; "acres' of' , educational 'endowments,. Those,iunds had been reserved for thirty and fifty years, and nobody complained that they woro so. .';Mr',;Rollestoh;; Sir/HarryrAtkinsfon; and atatesmqn;,.we.r ( e responsible, fpr l^nd. : ) if'''the'.p'resent llfiuistry; were'land; nptipnaiiserSj.so w'eto they i ■ , states'njari', : ( .whp.;' had; 'tried '... to', intrpiiWe 4 land' re'forrn'. legislati^ri—Rollest'on',' "■Atkiriwn,- , Ballance , ;' Mifonzie, Seddori—had failed to carry all he wished to. Alluding to iMr. yWilford's .• araendmont;,' the Premier complained thai such a motion should not haye ; ;'cbnie' frbm.' ; 'a : Gbvornrrtent , ' supporter. ,. He .thanked ; the supporters': who -had/- 'under dimcultiesj'.helped , him v to : carry,'tlie Bill/ r, ;The Govornmoht'ha'd'not asked'oir expected ;anybody.Ho violate 'any. pledge , , : but 'the- task had beenlft' ; dißicult.'one;ifbr the-Government;! and he congratulated' tbe'-'coiiiit'ry on its consummatioiir" '■^'■•' , .-;-. i' ) :! ■■'■•'}'■;> ••.'.;•!!■.■■.';?:;,■:■■'.■ - Explanations'•r..i-.-.r.(-.>--.!.v .;:.)■-■; VV • ''personal explanation, 6aid,i}.«) before'print-; 1 ing HCTp-'.'jinff'Proiriier-'and, 1 the Minister! for LancTs: v ;'Bn.th said 'thpy" cbuld not.'suD'port it., He;did.;;not. lobby'for;votes; arid; ho merely moved j; the ""'n'lptipn 'Without; speaking, qn'it. how^he. , ;could havbVactetl mbre*'ffiirly. •" ' j : ;;/ '";i'"' ,-"'"''" ;■'''■ '" ■;.,.!ili.-;.fi,; , .'.! .0 i'i'i'. .V: ..i. v. '.-■ i ~:•,-, The' , Division. . : • ! " : ' [ > ' ; ■ '■'■ ' i; - '■"■■ , " The third reading -was carried by 29 votes to 16. The following is the division list:— Ayes (20)— E. G. .Allen, ;Barber, Barclay, Biuldo, Carr'oir, ,, Cblvin;' Ellj" Fisher,' Graj l , Hanan, Heke, Hornsby, Kidd, LauroiiBon,. Lawry, M'Gowan, Macpherson, Millar, NgatViFarata, -.Poland, Poole, Scddon,< Stall-. lyorthVj-i-uTanner, 'Thomson,, Ward,- Wittv." W6od. ti /.J ;&>-:.£;'«!■ ■■:; "~t -... !-,.:,= Ndes (].6).T-Bollard, • Graham, Hardy, iHorrios^Houston.vL'arig,:R;;MfKenzie, Malcolm , , Mand-jr-,n Masseyi. .Okey y :..Reid,-,.'Remington/ Rossf.Svmes',!Wilford.. ■••• ,'.': i . ■•.. ■"■•••;•. ,-- . Th.e ,i.l'ill ; was i.fchori!) passed '■■ on . the' voices,; uifl .tlio;Housq.rose afe2.2o-a.rn; v' ,;