PARLIAMENT.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1176, 12 September 1884, Page 3

PARLIAMENT.

, '’TheJfrrliamentary news published so fir carried ins to the tormatiou uf the n w Vogel-eßnj-Stout Mmiscry. Since then ijasineashas haeh preceding regularly, hu; th«i political horizouia not yet auffioieui-ly clear to Warrant anything like the msumptioii that the.aew -.vlinißi.ry is fl nlv established. ' Over the election of Chairman of Committees, the Government received an adverse vote om their candidate, Mr W. J. Steward, member'-fori WaimatCi was rejected iu. favour of Mr Hamlin, member of Auckland South. ~ The question, by general consent,. however, was not;.a Ministerial one, a,a Mr Steward was proposed by a nn vatu number,-and not,by the Government. Mr Stout, as also Sir Julius Vogel, etrongly urged the H-mse to elect „Vlr Steward. The rejection of. their • candidate,- therefore, stands WhUelt' mark No. I.

...Great-, interest is being centred in tha coming. Financial. Staterpenr, which Sir Julius Vogel is busy preparing, but beyond •the conversion of the . Colony’s stock, through which somewhat apuruaohing half-a-million sterling pec .annum is expected to ■be saved, nothing is kpown The statement is expected to Ke.l-ii'l befo.-b.the.House either on Tuesday or Thuriday' next. The Ho i. My Kiohardeb.s .ir. ia rep-y-te 1, will .bring down ois; Pgldio Works Statement in about ten days’ time\ .ffi'r Pyte.i'.has given n nee to ask cha Miidnter ot Public.Works —“ (1) When thq walks b,h the Hindoo section ur the Otago'.Central, Rail way will he resume '. (2) When the. omtiact for ivorks on the Dcep Streani section of the .OtigO Centr.l ; Railway will*.be.'re-let. (3J Whether the Government,.will insist on the im media e completion, Jf- the, JVingatui section of the Qtaoo''Geb,i7^l. Railway bnt.'ac then quest of that gentleman has postpone 1 his questions nnti|.after the delivery of the Public Works StaVemenf,', . . Mr Tprnh'iill.(Umaru),.was elected Chairins a of P'uhllir Petitions i-’otnipittee.’; Mr Fait,on (TVieri) Chafrpiaq. of . Waste Linds Committee ; Mr Chairman of Qoldfiel’ds.C'oHjniitteeg'' For these offices ho salaries dire paid, but it is understoo i that ah attempt will he ffiade -o'get salaries attasshed, to .thp.positipiis. For the ChairraansMp of, NM u '®-Aff.h a Committee, to 1 which a salary of -LllK) is attached, there was a good deal of -rosa-play, but evehtu ally. Mr X. B‘, Bra ishaiw f '( Dunedin Central) was honoured with the-office

Of, the HILLS, iiiti-oducyil, the following may be looked upon as of general interest: — By the Premier ‘ “ The M .'.r s l Woman’s '■Property Bui ' 1 It provides that the- Ha* biltty of a m a, 'rie(l woinan shall extend to her triist es'tite; -that a ma'riel w.unan may hold property as a femme sole, may sue- or be sued, and enter into Contracts, The property of a woman married after the commencement-of,the Act is to be hel l by' her as a femme sole , as also is property ac qnired after the Act by a woman married before the Act. A wife may insure her own or her husband’s life to her separate use. A ; husband- is stilito be liable for his wife’s dents contracted before marriage t ■ the extent of fhe net vane of the property which 'she Brought with her.--’Disputes uetween husband wife as to property • are to be de- , seiiled in a.sumjnary way. A married woman with separate property will be liable for the maintenance of her husband, and als of hir children’ and grandchildren. The bill, in addition to, a number of other clauses, also provides that. » wile may not enter into partnership without her husband’s consent. The mantle of Mr M. W. Green his in oh&’respect fallen on Mr J. B. Bradshaw, i htfioi has," introduced. the former member's hiU—Wtf ma-ve eight hours ar day’s work and , -44 hours.a wes-kU work. Mr Bradshaw has -als i introduceil a bill to amend the Employ- , men of Females an 1 Others Act. Mr .Sed-lon has-. introduced a bill to amend “Tne Mines Act 1877” by reducing the charg.s of miner’s fights to 10s anil for business licenses to LI for 6 mon„he and L2 for 12 months.

Sir George gavo-notice ot a trill for the abolit on of postage on—newspapers. ■ln the.Legiala ive-Coußcil Oapt. Fraser moved for the appointment of a Select Committee to inquire into the administration of the Sheep and Rabbit Act in the Colony, with power to confer with any similar committee of the House of Repersentatives. Colonel Brett . considered Captain Fraser would earn the gratitude ot the whole countrydor having move, in the matter. In reply to qu atioas, The Hon Mr Stoat said Government sawno ,ne ".I. ,for .establishing a ,mail service bib weed Pembroke and J icks mV Bay, as the settlements in the- neighbourhood were already provided tor. The Hon. Mr Bdlanne said Government would make proy siqu for'existing iiahdities in connection with' the kea nuisance, but no further provision would lie ma le for its abatement. The subject, migu.i very properly we discussßil oy the‘‘Rabbit and Sheep Committee. r Thetlon Mr Richardson said Government did not at present propose any su-s autial provision as a reward fo - ino discovery n a tin mine in the Colony. Toe subject might, however,, he. very ..properly held for attention uy the proposed new Minister of Mines.

An interesting return will he moved for hy Mr Martin the Legislative Coined n -xt week.Viz?, -k return of the total number and amount- of-rn -iiey.orders issued by tee Post Office.duiiog the mouths of June and Jnly,l3d4, in favor of or payable yo promoters of consul lation's. Mr beildon's Minas Aot, Amendment Bill was read a second time on the sth lost.

A imputation of goldfields meiubjis consisting or Messis Pyfce; 'G-dhuess, J, C. Brown,Beva i, Hursthou-io, SeiVlon, Gadinah Morris, nn 1 Colmel Jfra-cr, .wait: i on the Premier, bringing- tinder his 110.101 the qa<Htion of ab .oshing the duty on gold, an l also a reduction- being tu ein the coat of miners’ rights and business,licenses. After the Ueputa ion bad urged the adoption of the course being followed, Mr Stout a->kad whit w i e lo a o idles to do if theie taxes wtrea lolisued. 'The abolition of „ -id duty meant tea ly tue losing of L25.00U, and the miners’ rigtiv* an- additional Lsl)od Many of, tiiose present urged that there was not now -o much necessity, for the revenue, as most of the works Were com-plete-i. Mr Stout considered that if-the gold fluty was abolished it would be necessary to iu« »ert a danse of the Mining Act repealing the exemption! of mining property from ■ ates.

Several members- out of the deputation Were of opinion that if the gold duty was abolished there wouUljjbe no neccessity for reduc ng the miners*, rights, , and on the other hand if ■ miners’ rights were.reduced, then the duty should not be swept away. .. A bother matter, - referring to assistance for constructing prospecting tracks and for ■prospecting, was mentioned. The ques tion of preparing a map to show the workings on the goldfields was brought under notice, as well as the desirability of ontaiaring the services of either professor Black or - Ulrich to deliver lectures at the principal centres on the mining industry* and if pojsible to get those gentlemen to visit localities and'to: report on different lodes wuen discovered. deputation’alsd 'asked if Government * jyould place on the Ea'iindcs the sum of L2d,'oOO to assist local bodies m openiing up roads and carrying out other

minor works, ; ’ - ' • j Mr Stout replied tl-af the Consolidated . Revenue c'ndd not siahil.ghis.TbeTiviaaurer I h-d no money. .• ■ '■ ’ ; ;;I

■ I’ho.Premier agreed with Iho deputation that an ad-(itiimal Minister should lie in m i points q to devote his whom'tnpe. to the I raining interest. ~- 1 | Three or fmr qf the deputation said that -although it was asked that such a Minister 1 be appointed, t-bey,would not pelge their support to,the question when it was betore the House.

Mr Lamach , has a notice on the orderpaper for a compile return of the am mut of revenue received from all sources since toe Zealand s Constitution Act ca-ne in :o force, on I’of the expenditure unde - all -heads in each Provincial District during the qnine period, j. , Mr \lacan Irew'ffiis also a motion on the paper for a returnshowin ■ the .amo nt contriouted by each Provincial.District to the Colonial revenue for customs, stamps, land ah-1 property taxes, beer tax, and territorial revenue for the financial year ending 31st of March 1884. - : ••

The Hon. Mr Chamberlain's Bill for prohibiting the employment of women or girls in the Kars Vf hotels- or public houses was lost ; as was aso the Hon, Mr Hurst’s motion- ih t the Government take steps for the prevention of lad under a certain age (14 or 15 years) from carrying fire arms. Mr Stout’s larried Woman’s Property Bill was referred to Committee and at a later stage it was reported with but a few iinimp irtant. amendments. in reply, ’ i. The Hoii Mr Richardson said Government had no objection to lay before members the plana and estimates of the detailed surveys recently m de of the Canterbury and West Coast railway.- . The Hon. Mr Stout said that the provis-. ion hitnei to made fiir , hospitals woul i bo agriu .made. The general question of-the prov.aion to bs'inade: for, th-ae institutions was one: of -serious importance, and would demand careful consideration.

ihe Hon. Mr Stout said a telephone-line would he exteude I from Duntroon to Kur row.

The Hon. Mr Stout said no step' was contemplated in the direction of amending V The Registration of Electors Act 1879.”