PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.

Evening Star, Issue 3817, 19 May 1875, Page 2

PROVINCIAL COUNCIL.

Tossdat, Mat 18.

mn , cial proposals brought down by the-Go? dd£^bTUio^?ETO^tiTOo^oeßhaß'Mt^Mn?o!Sd to be conducive to the proper !S!?L t^ PrOTinoe: tb ® Council, quarto the Government to reconsider rrnssnt pos.ho.wltn U» view to brttetoSSSSJjL w ho moved it should have reason&ble indictmentagtinSftßT Government. No reasons had beengivenur the propositions laid down by nffi. f??a! ,^i he 'i nlT o£ meml3 «™ to show Government were in the wron? 1# +Jiav SZJSM* aber ,J or Tuapeka’had this time laughter, the hilarity had to provide for old as well as neiTvforia, wind *® say that Southland *£5LS 4 i?®!?*SF K® taoe - And although it hadwS wSTi^L 4 « »£?? distribution of Executive offices be , not think a good case had been made out for alteration. The member fbr lte ? 4ed /^ at^ ih ® Government had made ® or his (Mr Bud) having attempted to e js®?“ -xt 4 v e Erorinoe too much; but he said it rested with tin colleagues. who were in a tar better position than the hon. member opposite /nwvftii? w “^ h « r be had taken too much powet Stout s Hear, hear.) It would be wronjrfot *o take too much reaponaibSityf bo*, he thought each member Should take certain -respomnbmty, and submit it to the approval the contractors. The contractor* naa urged the Government to supply i them with mm r Jf°OQ loß 4a^, o£ ei ®bt hours, with some work- ’ ®?5 others at Bs, hut they oould.not be supplied. It was not the duty of the Government to press a contractor in such aInSS “ “eke him pass through the Insolvency 4, ' work ! b® 4 not be «“ idle: forty-five miles of the water race have been formed i^ Waß .“W°®d that the Gold. wt_4.C^?? etßl7 .fbonld reside on the goldfields. Now that he resided at the centre of the Oldfields TK« t a^fl f( i^ a4 a tl “’ t J b p did not live in Dunedin. ww (^» d S? ldß J Se< s? 4^ had done the Executive SSdl i .department well. The reflections made upon the assignment of offices wexe humdiatmg, and he would not answer them. Answer, mg the member for Waihopai that justice had hot toe TBnn l^l^ ll be pointed|out that since Sd?q MJ? 6 ®® spjmlTonthe Bluff wharf* g®*> Estimatesifor extendi mg it 200 ft. Was not the latter reasonable nroviJS? Genial QovSSnfhS 1 them that they would not allow a gnat I K r ? 0 ?? re l uir «d t as it was illegSi that it was not desirable. Ifthi fc* P S2li.« f b°S: “ em b«re was only to be obtained requests, such votes should be wanted. This brought Mr Wood to his font M^lsnation vote diHot 804 from a member of the Go van? ment. The Psomcut Sxosstabt returned to tto rimfwkflX??* that he had a recollection of an oooathe member for Waihopai told him that? SS ho (Mrßeid) wotdd . 5?®..- wha t he could do; and he (Mr 5® ld ) replied that if such attempts were madethesoonerthe Executive resignedue better. Another denial from Mr Wood, andthe Pnevnrchik reSdto P^r|i r the occasion mittee, the sooner we resign thebefter.*’ After answering m snooessienithe arguments ofMeaar* Emn»s and Daniel, the Pnovnroui. SxoaxrAST ]?? L**!™* that he felt at a loss to understand on what grounds the amendment was to fo.iys® Bums to be placed on the Estimates for ?bfl legitimate functions of thsCoun“fbsd been interfered with through the euniditv Mid selfishness of honorable members.—(Oh | Oh n SiZn?. 8 ?? 40 b°. ld office under such circumstances,]] and he would warn members that distnctowonld not be one whit better off if the vot a wOTe The Executivewould I* Ste b? i?ok on and see their votes bring a mdiyidualß with regard to the wasteland! *nd their harbor* and other works that would advance the prosnaritv I 4 Erovinoe. Then they*wo^J orlt a earned on with greater efficiency, greater and grater satafaS tbft^ e wS? IT6B - bon. members did not think they had been carrying out the funotioM oftoa Z7°^ ida works, the Pnovivoui. Banyilost to say that he thought it would have been more becoming for that hon. member to have retracted such insinuations as he know .to be perfectly groundless. Mr Fish, who waa the :next weaker, charged the Treasurer with hlwST 11 * Estimates, to give effect to which he would have either to sell pastoral land or create a d edcien cy of 1(119,000. Criticising the personnel of the Government, he said men could be fomodont of the forty-six membm who composed the Council ' equally capable of administering the afifoirs of the Province as the present Government. There wan ■ “ S?°d fish in the sea as ever came out of it at which the House laughed, but became wtnamK«gi T mmry when the Speaker added that if he wwi defunct to-morrow some one would come up to fid his place. He complained of the Goldfields BeoX taxy being absent from Dunedin; of the action of the Government in reference to the Ocean Beach and Awamoko railways, and of the way the Mount Ida works had beenoS ned out. Mr Shand next aired his grievance, which (^(■wL® o4^ 11 °t? 1 ® Government in reference to tho Ontram branch line. After the company formed to oonstruotthat line had got a concession^went to work, and let contracts for LB.OOO, Mr Eeid to the Minister of wd —he bad no business to use hisnSfluenas in such a manner. —Mr Bxxvss dteiaMHi ■ tiiat after a declaration by the Government that the Ocean BeachEailway was a private Bill, it wmu b^ 4^vb^P oniu^to “•ke it a ground for voting against the Government or for chairing tw mismanagement. The Government might be ta. plaoed by worse men. but not by betterT rAt tS point we are oompelled to break off our reporU The division resolW as follows j Ayes, Messrs Bastings (teller), Brown J. C.. Browne, G. P. 0., Clark, Daniel, De Latonr, Driverl SSf G r ®emß^ilett,%toss, Moody,M'Wmid! MGlashan, McKenzie, Rodgers, Shand, Stewu£ S'WHpterftellar),Turtoi^WUson,aadWood. Messrs Allan, Armstoong, Davie, Hagw pit, Hiuienßtain, Henderson, Ireland. Lmneti? Manders, Kills, KolUson, MficleUtr M'NeiU. Beeyes, Eeid (teUer), Stout (teller), Tolmie. U1

WsnmsDAT, Hat 19.

Ob the meeting to-day, «ad after some m lun inary business had been got through, M* Sam annomoed that in consequence of thTvoto morning the Government had considered It-theS duty to tender their resignation to the ftmunSr

Tnapeka had been communicated with by bis Honor and probably be would bo in n position to explain to the Council what steps bad been taken. Mr Bastings at once confirmed the statement that be had been communicated with by the Superintendent, supplementing that with the information that after an interview with his Honor be had undertaken to form an Executive. He suggested that the Council should adjourn till Tuesday next. The only expressed opposition was raised by Mr Lxjmsden who thought that things had been so well organised and arranged that one day’s adjournment would have been sufficient. The adjournment till Tuesday was then agreed to.