PARLIAMENTARY.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3775, 21 August 1883, Page 3

PARLIAMENTARY.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ' '' ' Monday. The House met at 2.130 p.m. GOVEKNIUENT BUSINESS. Major Atkinson gave notice to move that for tlie next two Wednesdays Government business have precedence. SETTLED LAND BILL. Mr C'onolly moved the second reading of the. Settled Land Bill. This, he explained, was a measure similar to_ the Alienation of Land Bill of previous sessions, i:nd almost a literal transcript of an Act passed by the Imperial Parliament last session. Mr DcLautouv condemned tho bill as being totally unlike the bill introduced last session, and calculated rather to encourage fyiii"' up land by settlement than to abolish entail, as. the House desired. Ho moved as an-amendment, that the bill should bo withdrawn, and tho Government asked to briii" , in the Alienation of Land Bill fornicrly introduced in the Council by the Premier.

Mr Seddon supported the amendment. Mr Macandrew condemned the Habit of blindly following English legislation. Mr Shcehau advised the Government not tp press tho bill beyond tho second reading.

Mr Suttcr moved the adjournment of the debate. Mr Moss said the bill was an absolute fraud, and in a totally opposite direction to Avhich the House wished to go. Mr Shepherd supported the bill, as it Avould prevent the tying up of laud. Mr J W. Thompson disapproved of the bill, and Mr Sutton and Mr Fitzgerald strongly condemned it. Mr Conolly consented to adjourn the debate till Thursday. Mr Montgomery asked, would the Government then introduce the Premier's former bill ? Mr Rolleston promised to reply on Thursday, and the debate was adjourned. LAND ACT AMENDMENT BILL. The House went into Committee of Supplyon the Land Acts Amendment Bill, when Mr Rolleston stated that a new clause would be introduced to give effect to the recommendations of the committee on Otago " duminyisrn."

The clauses up to 8 were passed with slight amendments, compensation being provided for in the case of roads taken through homestead runs. Clause 10 was announced so as to prevent the indiscriminate destruction of timber.

Clause 12 caused a lot of discussion, Sir George Grey proposing to lease by ballot at the upset price, but this was negatived by 37 to 30, and a further amendment in favor of auction also failed

In clause 17 Mr Larnach tried to get residence of overseer or manager substituted for compulsory residence by the lessee, but this was negatived by 32 to 23. The proviso of the clause 'allowing residence within twenty miles in certain places was struck out by 30 to 24. The clauses up to 30 were passed with slight amendments, and the House rose at l.ij'.