BUDGET DISSECTION.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 886, 4 August 1910, Page 6

BUDGET DISSECTION.

DEBATE CONTINUED.; question prominent.V W : -' J; fr % WANTED: A POLICY. ■'' : [;<;;vy >;-: V ; -V; : " __-- v . "' ~■ IK'; : -The only; business in the Legislative A':-' , Council was'.the passing, of ii '■;. ; resolution appreciative of the services ol '}■'■':'-.. lhe;ldte Hon., Henry Scotland, after which t,v. ; v,thy.JCblincil-adjourned as a mark of re-. K:"' ■ epect-to the memory:-of the late legislator.-rS-^v:;.,ln;the; House the Financial Debate: was | : :i/,".cpntinued.iineventfully till 11.15,' p.m., when. K's './the House rose.. • . •■;.".. COUNCIL/. ■ LAT .E HON. H. SCOTLAND. W—'-K OF PEAISE. - •'.■'/ S',',-.' . -Whsii.TTTe Legislative Councili inei yes-' r;-C terday,'■■■■/>:■■:■■:.:.-•■ :■.. .:--.,; -.-...-.,-.■, \> t , ■;.;•■•-'The Hon. Dr. FINDLAY moved: "That iVTVithis Council records its high sense of the rendered, to; New 'Zeah;; .Hand , ' by the late' Hon. ; Henry ■ Scotland, E;V;;;;.:,' member of- this Council, and. the: loss 5 ■.S'/< which.;. this;, country., : has sustained... by, j :.'.:■';.'his v death,' ; and/respectfully tenders to ;v ' ,; ,,'ih'iSi widow and family an assurance of -,■■,; its;'sincere syriipathy with, them in their -.'A[-;-bereavement." •':... .: '■: , '"' : '.'■'■ ■;'■'■ ?.; : .; ;1 (In ■. 'moving tho ; motion, : Dr. .Findlay '-,i!;;•' stated .that during the last four, months V-;;;. four members' of the -.Council-had died. ;.»:;'■■ .The' ; late.'.Mr:: Scotland, ;wiio was.the last ;v,y ' "io go.j, was;' appointed :to .the Council in ';';'',' ; 1868," when ■ the oircumstances and , char- 1 ;.y.;■;, octer ;of Now Zealand were very different ;.'-",. 'ifrbiii what. now. ]t .was the i ■' l':'-. ■ jyear.i of. Te. TCooti's 'return, of Yon Terap- ;..'. l'/fiky.'e^death,- and^of.Bishop Selwyn's; de- >.. v:»arture;from'; New- Zealand, sad in the ;■; ."•.. l £elief,,that ; his high hopes for. tho Maoris '/'V'/and for.racial.peace, had come to failure. p'; ■:■'.. iifr.'Scotland :was no casual obseryer, no; spectator- of the , "inarch of I';;,;: events. : .-He .looked on; every thing..with ;';;.:'■'■, ':1a: discreet eye. ■ Dr. Findlay referred, to ';.>:; the', strict, .notions of honour and integr'

*'■.':'.' ''.sify; '.which characterised: Mr.-Scotland's 5-:,: -publio-and-private ;life.- -'.The sunset-of : ; ; ..v; life...which; he had.stated :in one of his •;'.';- ;'Bast.-speeches ; ;to -the Council gave "him ,';.<"'.>:inysticar.. lore,- -.far- more, frequently s> .-J;-- brought that". straining 'back . into ; the A>v. past- which those -who had exceeded the &\": : Psalmist's: span almost, inevitably showed. ';;!,: 'A ; man-of the late. Mr. : Scotland's years t' : >; ituiijld :hare--but little interest, in thopre*',:;'...sent, anil he, like others, would inevitably :j;J:'V'>turn,-.his' face.to; the long /past that he •>;.-/,' .had' travelled,',where lay 'his interest, his 'love,- -his.life's:stnigglej-all-'that had.made wr'v.-iilife.' , . worth; living." I.Ho /looked back,' as Ji;j-j'.. : aH'.inen"did T at" that ;ag'e,-amid- the days 'iis-i.,':<larkening:round him/ to .other councils,' sjjfe/manners; -.customs, .governments,."-, to ! the , 'wj./bld; order 'that- was passing away, that >V, ;i iha'd vchangedl or .'waS ■ changing, us 'all•' iV>.;':V; things oh earth changed, and he looked {?'& ..-back; on- , : it with' tho feeling-: that ■ tliai '51. '■;. .eld; 'order, was -the' beloved ■ one: which ho

have Oseen continued . for .old .order must, change, fc,'.'.;';f igiving'place: to j now,'"lest,one ;good'CUB- - should; corrupt: the world.'- :Whilo f-?V--!'-)they.'appreciated: and honoured tho late ►;:;J',;lMr.':.Scouand for the courage with which ji;..' his ;.'opinions,; they : recog-k'.i;f'.'.Tii.sed'"itha,t.,his-impatience of the.-present S' ; .-the/past .were dub to ; the yi'?fi;iineyitable ■;■ process natnre'. and ■'■: the.02i '■height- of yearsi that, he- had carried •so !:i"He' marked 'in. an honourable ;-js)i'Vah'd\'honouTedi,!way/ the ..old.- order.-' -Wβ from .our deliberations, : ";■■;.-i ; we -respect his memory,' and we desire to J' to: the widow, who; remains .our ;.v , man >hq,. for,/so %.!■; f-.-Tnahy;;-many;years, was seen ivithin the 'i"f'uwalls;'of-'this: chamber, and who honoured 'fj-i,*: itjby.;his*uprightness, his wisdom, jand • ■ :''.>•/- '■ '.''i V:;'.;?' . ,;.

ffeHliP"Tlie J. MotionSeconded.. -;;.; I ..'.'■;,*■■• '-■' :'■!:_ 0&- : 'TKe,Hon;. CAPTAIN BAILLEI"! "(Marlf■:;■/,',.,jtorough), in seconding ,the : -motion, re%:';,.•■■.:'Niferred. to the late /'Mriv Scotland's invalu-i-[.Viable; services:, in the..Statutes'- Rovision "ti'v" , 'Committee., : ;-ln politics he, did not take. active';part,.'but ■when', he -did : j\'>.-'jispeat.it-was generally, to' the point, .and ){H-.v;; : .!'thei-e.i tl vas i no.-,beating .-about the; bush he. expressed , his opinion. '■"..It was \<^'\ ' "with.*deep; feelings ■ of. regret 'that he had ij-'i'.'i, tfi'eard' of-.Mr. Scotland's; death.'. ■•He sup■''"':'(■■■jposed that the -deceased was second to no ":\ I ;'i fnian.in', the: Dominion in':learning'- and ■;"'>"'.. 'ability*. .*•?•.■"■",' '■■■' ; .'■•. ■■ ;.V-'- ,■''■■ : '\,-- - * ':y;;u ■ The ; Hori.i.-"WI.PEBE lamented the late J3.':.;. : .-ilr.-. Scotland' as a true, gentleman, :'who Ji 1 !.: :■''£; followed the one-way, the way of'justice, looked :with' ; the same^eye'on .Maori' J-'vV-Viand'-'on pakeha, and who'", had supported his-, ideas in the';- Council. .Mr. ?•;'.•> .;!';'.-SeotlandVhad obtained from the Great •X')h -King' a;; Crown grant '• which no* Govern-?i'f.'-'i:..menc xould confer. ■",■ ■ :'■■■■ . •,. .'■ iV:iV(v.:':-';;-.The'",Hon.! ; .T.'; KELLY." (Taranaki);! as had <Kriown-the late Mr. Scotland jV;*j :'..k sincej- his first '"■ entrance into the ' Countribiite.- ..-.; ■■•'. -- : ."•.■'■, ■'■., ". ~; v---s?,' ¥ v;'.vj"The.ymotion was : then . carried ■ uhani'(;&'•'inouEly.vand'the .Council adjourned until i i ';" : '"'.i'to'tday/:'out,of resnect to, the memory of S&j'-th'fc'latev legislator.' '.. .■'' . -..-