Thank you for correcting the text in this article. Your corrections improve Papers Past searches for everyone. See the latest corrections.

This article contains searchable text which was automatically generated and may contain errors. Join the community and correct any errors you spot to help us improve Papers Past.

Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image

ROTORUA TOWN LANDS BILL

PASSED BY THE COUNCIL. The Rotorua Town Lands Bill was before the Legislative Cjuncil yesterday afternoon. , The measure the residents of Rotorua to acquire the freehold of the.land that they at present lease from , the Crown. In the Lower 1 "House a minority of members strenuous-* vly opposed the' Bill, but it met with less opposition in the Upper' Chamber. In moving the second reading Sir Francis Bell said that no issuo but the old one of leasehold 'v. freehold ' was ... raised by the Bill. That issue might , . be considered settled so far as the pre- ■■ sent Parliament ■ was 'concerned. The The Government was not going to gain or lose by tho proposed change in the tenure at Rotorua. The Hon. J. Barr said ho had no ob- , jection to the granting of the freehold in the residential part of tho town, so l.hat the people should have local government and be rated. But ho thought that the Government should not -part with all the land. It should retain the business sites and tho land near the springs, so that the day would not come when it would have to buy back Rotorua land for the erection of Government ' buildings. The Hon. J. B. Gow thought the Government wise in dealing with .Rotorua i. as it proposed in the Bill to do. Other members also spoke In favour of tho measure. \ The Hon. W. J.Geddis disapproved of the. Bill, basing his opposition upon the . contention that the Government was •..••'parting with community-created values. •The spirit of those who'had asked for 1 the Bill, he said, was similar to tlmt i- in which the crew of a ship might broach a cargo. The difference w'iis • that the crew of the ship paid nothing for what it took, while the people of Rotoma were paying somethdhg, though that something was short of the value of what they were receiving. The Bill . provided that the Government might re- ' ,sume ft section upon, w'lilch 'thermal acAtraty broke out.- But as a matter of fact there was thermal activity on soma of the sections now and ttie value of ; - this was being conveyed away. ■ The,\second leading was carried by 21 votes •to six. The division list was an • follows:— :: Ayes (24): Bell, Alison, Buchanan, , I .' Clarke, Collins, Fjsher, Fleming, Fraser, 1 Garland, Gow, Hardy, Hawke,. MacGib-. bon, Michel. Mitchelson, ■ Moore, Nerheny. Patuki, Samuel, Scott, Simpson. Smith, Stewart. Tulrino. Noes'(G): Barr, Marnshaw, Geddis. Grimniond. Hall-Jones. Izard. The, Bill was put through its final .. stages and passed without amendment. the wheaFharvest • 'outlook reported to be good. Replying to Dr. Thacker (Christc iurch East), who asked for information about ' ''wheat, the Minister of Agriculture (Mr. ■Nosworthy) said >tliat the prospects for the wheat harvest so far were good. The Government had taken 6teps to ei.suro that tliero would be sufficient wheat in the country to supply the requirements of tho people until the harvest becamo available; There _ might be sufficient : wheat without this extra provision, but tho Government w;as making-sure that ■there would be no shortage. . THE STANDING ORDERS . . • APPOINTMENT OF RECESS "COMMITTEE PROPOSED. A committee appointed by the House of Representatives' early in the session ,! "t<V consider the standing orders presented its ,report to the Houso yesterday. Tho subject is regarded by members of tho House as important, owing partly to the V- faot that the standing . orders contain anomalies, and also to the belief of pri vate members that their powers have • been unfairly limited. The chairman of the committee (Mr. A. S. Malcolm) said the committee had decided that the Standing orders could not be examined Mly during a session. It recommended that a committee should . bo instructed to deal with the matter during the recess, and report to the House next session. ; The Leader of tho Opposition (Mr. Wilford) said he hoped the Government would act in acordance with the report and would include in the recess com- ,' mittee the Hon. A. Ngata,who was'one of *the oocperts of tho House on tho standing orders. The report of the committee was ordered to lie upon the table. BANK OF NEW~ZEALAND BILL PASSED BY UPPER HOUSE WITHOUT ' DISCUSSION. The second reading of the Bank of Now Zealand Bill was moved in the Legislative - Council vestorday by Sir Francis Bell. • Tho Leader of the Council fully explained , tho advantages that tho State would re.'cbive as the result of tho passago of tho measure. The Bill was put through committee, read a third time, and passed without any discussion. / f A WELLINGTON PETITION The petition of tho Wellington Society ■for the Relief of the Aged Needy, which asked for payment of a gratuity to the superintendent and matron of jts homo for extra services rendered during the war, was yesterday recommended by the Defence Committee of tho House_to tho favourable consideration of tho Govern- ' ment. NARROW-GAUGE RAILWAYS The District Railways Amendment Bill and the Local Railways Amendment Bill, both of which, authorise tho construction of narrow-gaugo railways, were yesterday ■passed by the Legislative Council in the form in which the.v had been cent in from the House. ORCHARD AND GARDEN DISEASES BILI The Orchard and Garden Diseases Bill, . br passed by the Lower House, was yes. terday passed by the Council. Sir Francis Bell explained that fho objcct of t.lin Bill was to enable fruit to be used that was affected only in the skin. At pro.en tiuch fruit had to bo destroyed but tho Government considered that under propel regulations it might bo "used.

Replying yesterday in the Lepdative Council to ft suggestion of thoHon.tj. M. Thomson that Bills wluch had been ' -jvithdrawn by the Government this session but were to be proceeded with next ■ session should be circulated among members of Parliament durinK tho recess, ' Sir Francis Bell stated that the Govern- ' ment did not agreo to the proposal as - at would mean giving members a statement beforehand of Government policy. .(■ The Hon. J. MacGregor yesterday pave notice in tho Legislative Council ■that to-day he would move for leave to . introduce a Workers' Compensation Amendment Bill;

Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19201104.2.53.2

Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 34, 4 November 1920, Page 6

Word count
Tapeke kupu
1,014

ROTORUA TOWN LANDS BILL Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 34, 4 November 1920, Page 6

ROTORUA TOWN LANDS BILL Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 34, 4 November 1920, Page 6

Help

Log in or create a Papers Past website account

Use your Papers Past website account to correct newspaper text.

By creating and using this account you agree to our terms of use.

Log in with RealMe®

If you’ve used a RealMe login somewhere else, you can use it here too. If you don’t already have a username and password, just click Log in and you can choose to create one.


Log in again to continue your work

Your session has expired.

Log in again with RealMe®


Alert