THE COMING SESSION

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 624, 29 September 1909, Page 8

THE COMING SESSION

DEFENCE" AND FINANCE WILL TAXATION BE INCREASED? . .NATIVE LAND PROBLEM. . , l-■ (Dy.Tclotraoh.T-Prcas Asioclßtlon.l ' . < .- .-.o . - Auckland, September 28.■ . .Speaking at a .social: to Mr.-Lang, M.P., -tov rjght„>Mr. Massoy, Leader of the. Opposition, V;./;'-'./, referred .to '.the, approaching sossion.-They ; were,, hc:.said,. going- down, to Wellington for., tho ;: ; -reiiUy ,/b4 blo'sing it ■ if- commonced at the usual >time,-but A or/the .faulty of any- : // ag;;/pnej at .-the gathering /that /night. , ' They were : anxious to do their duty, but did not get the '.. . chance, of (loing. it... /The /Responsibility : was ... ./.' abt.'.thcirs,. and :they/were;tbrd : that the session ■; :•they- were -just .on. theieve. of ■ commencing ,was. £'S,K ' /very/impbrtaijthid ;a very/interesting' -1 ■ onoi'i'- He, believed tliat suoh would -prove: to -v be the caio. They would havo to deal in tho ; first'-instance', with'tho -report of Sir Joseph ' i Ward of tho Imperial Defence Conference, andne had no /doubt , thatirthisV-would -.be discussed at great.length.;.- ft l :/-.. CK woujd;;' have/, to ;be/-' dealt/with: was .'that'•; of //:,'£^.. r ///£hance./''/He'was.sorry/tb"'say:that-the.finincial, . ■;- /-' position ,of ; the -country was more .unsatisfac- :£'•; tgry: than: it-.'had : been; for . a very, long time • /p^ast^'' , H'lt,/was\qTiite "possible /that'' proposals' ft fo'rvthe. increase of: taxation, •' that there-was. nothing ••-v .to. tho interests of this country, : '/, /oi;vpf!'ahy /bthcr.:;cbun'£ry, "as piling' up thejbur- /'--•:>. dens/of the/people. : 'V,'.- v ,/.. •'/".'. .'• hiive -to oonsider Vthe; ;re- '-/; .which. had-, been 'brought i-i.-'j ' .[aßbiiV-byj'polificaU and^'.linsa'tisfactory.-control 'of the Public Service ' ' ; :Theh':he,'saw ,that. ; theywere; to have a con/1 /;■;■,■/''.V;■ , /MlidatiDg.' , /-'jnSs'nrß....i34yin'g'-\OTth.,/tho, : 'Native'- ://; '; ; la ( nds,--but ;< fhey../wajDLted'^mbre,./than : -that, /and' /./'' \whatvthey, .wanted /wos&omo measuro/whieh,r ;, : / ..:/.wbild .doing 1 noi,ihjußtiM/ : tb,the/-Natives, would;lofia. for,' European: 'settlers/;. What v /:;y,;^■'.l^/^W! l ßu^e':of^yas l: thatvln : 'pit/might 'or might not .be/the .case;' but. he hoped."that', //;'/: /vU by,«Cihristin'aa>.they ; jvould•/ovbrtikearrears, - :'/\':';V,/-:'-vln/'niihy'?re^pMts;.| : obncluded ; Mr./Massey',' Vi;'f-yf. ; !%*fJ'.^iilaiid 1; .1n/' , c6iritaHs<)n : 5rithybtJi«r.-bbiili-- i % tries, -wasgoing -back. /-'Wo were; iiot holding i our ,^owii;-;,bn,/account:'of J bUr/-lahd..logi6ldti<in.' i. ,- That. :this. ; was.vso .was l proved by the.' faot. :.■/:/.- «/:thiit/'last-.whiter /several ; thousands of the/pick , .. of'-.our,. popnlatiott,,were -attracted ./to-other perhaps ; that | the//conditions:; of-/' i; there. : , -that -j ',' to'.' . - be.seen.-v,Ho sincerely/hoped that wo ivoiild; -i '' ':/' -Seeded ß J Aim that .the'/first./thing/Par-.: liamynt had to/do'was to. make the necessary prpvisioi for ;our. people to Temain'by opening tW'-lai'd/piiVsafefnbt'qri'^tiniire^andisb^'iwbvide / . . «mployment.-, ',What was. l really wanted L vias /a- ---: Al^A'Cy-of-refoVm 'and progress, a policy • such' -send-tho-Domiiiion/ahead—/ ! • . • P.ut .thia was'-I : policy /we "werb 'not.: likely" to/ get. , /