PARLIAMENT.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1918, 30 October 1906, Page 3

PARLIAMENT.

legislative council

TRUSS ASSOCIATION Wellington, last night. The Counoil rosumod at 2 45 p.m. Amendments m-ida by Governor's message in the Maori Lands for Settlement Aot Amondmont Bill wore sgrond m, and |be Oonnoil then adjourned until 4 30 p.m. to await tho Appropriation Bill.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

The Honao resumed at 2.30 p.iu, Clause 25 of Ibo Mentul tlospitals am Charitable Department, £3788, passed making the total i f (bo Oocsolid nod Fuck £238.941. Suite Forests £7S9, State Coa Mines £3O, Soecery Preservation f2OOO Land for Settlement £26, Public Trust £195, Government Life Assurance) £633C (including building nt Dunedin £SOOO and extra commissions £1000), State Firo Insurance £7O, Public Works Department £2021 (including exhibit at Obrlslcburoh £1500), Railways £15,000 (including £3OOO for motor cars, Oulverdpn Haurner £3OOO, additions open lines £12.000) Public buildings, Parliamentary £IOO, judicial £I3OO, post and telegraph £SOO, soboal buildiDgs £13.615, general hospitals £5500, ngrionllural £221, harbor defences £IOOO. All these, ohargiog £39,287 against the Consolidated Fund, were passed. Roads £27,3000, Native Lands Purchase £3OO, Contingent defence £4l, Lands Improve ment LSSO, these votes bringing up tbi ohnrges against the Public Works Fund li L 68.931. APPROPRIATION BILL.

Sir J. G. Ward, in moving tho s;oond reading, explained that the new olause 24 was an appropriation olanae frr the Cook Islands ; 25 was the appropriation olause wbioh had been omitted from the Native Land Aot of 1905 ; 26 removed doubts as to the legality of mak-ng certain payments under the Workers Dwellings Aot; 27 was an appropriation for lands to to acquired to give access to public roads: 23 appro-

priated money out of the land for settle

ment fund wbioh had been paid for the purchase and expenses of certain blooks of native land in the Hawke’s Bay district; 29 enabled the Oommissioner of Telegraphs to arrange with back blocks SBttleis for telephones. Mr Massey said the House should take time to consider these new onuses. He said that the Maori lands coming under

olause 25 would be deprived of the advantage of the option system. The Cook Islands, he thought, ought to be left to the imprest system. Mr Laurenson said be had never been so disgusted and ashamed as with these Estimates. He thought there were items passed on those Estimates wbioh were disgraceful to Parliament. These votes bad nauseated him. The Government onght to tura their back on the se'f-ad-vertising regime of the past, and go ia fer olean administration. The vote of £2OOO i for a footb ill team wbioh bad more than cleared its expenses was an outrage. The state of the mercantile marine was getting steadily worse, the accommodation provided by the older steamers of tho trade, the Tarawera and its contemporaries, being infinitely better than io the new boats in ventilation sp see, every thing io these being inadequate. He had been io the engine-room from whioh men were coming oat in a state of collapse, and be found the beat had gone up frem 96 to 123 degrees. He had seen the qu triers of twelve firemen, dark, damp, noisome, cold, unhealthy, and evil—everything was mildewed. Diyhgbt never reaohed the place, and tbs ofiieers would not al'ow I stores to be placed there for fear they might go bad. Ha knew the average areas of 74 fest; that meant a man had to eat, sleep, and rest in a space 6is by 4ft by Bfl. Some steamers provided baths, bat very many did not, and more provided no iableß, the result being men lying around at meal times on banks, boxes, and floors. The Minister should look into these matters in the interest of the mercantile marine, which was the nursery for the naval defence of the colony. Mr W. Fraser said the supporters of the Government were responsible for these undesirable elements, Mr Izard thought that the House in passing 106 measures had done much good work, and would have done much more, but for Hansard. He drew the Government’s attention to the need for a better regulation of the milk supply He knew an establishment which had been refused a license by the municipal authority, and had immediately afterwards got one from the Department.

Mr Wilford saicl that everyone voting for clause 28, enabling the transactions in native lands to be settled out of the Land for Settlements Fund, would be committed to clause 80 of the Land Bill on its appearance next year. The Hon. Mr McNab said the clause merely enabled payment to be made, and there would be no more transactions of the kind. It was mere machinery, Mr Herries characterised the taking of lands from natives under the Lands for Settlement 4ct as a gross injustice. Why had the Minister not made provision under the Act of 1905 ? It was because lie wanted to get a principle settled by opening a back door. It was a gross injustice to them. The Premier interjected that Government would in Committee transfer the appropriation to the Native Land Act of 1905.

Mr Hogg quoted a list of votes which he deemed were questionable and affirmed were typical of the estimates. Mr Jennings testified to the dissatisfaction of the Ohura settlers with the proportion allocated for their wants. Mr Baurae defended the memory of the late Premier.

Mr Gray denounced the extravagance of the estimates and the hurriod legislation of the last few days. Mr A. L. D. Fraser said that clause was was very dangerous. Mr Heke and Mr Parata spoke. oir J. G. Ward, in reply, explained that clause 28, wbioh bad been made simply at the recommendaiion of tbe Native Purchase DeparimeDi, was never iDieaded lo Bfleot tbe land question in any way. The acquisition of 247,000 aores was at Blake, but bon. members who were always urging the purchase of these lands for settlement opposed it tbe moment it came down. He would strike tbe clause out. Tbe member for Wakatipu bad aspersed the memory of ibe dead. Mr Fraser; “ No.” Mr Masary: " Shame.” Tbe Premier, continuing, said Mr Liurenson bad mentioned only the one item of all that be had so sweepmgly objected to, that was tbe vote for the expenses of ibe footballers. Yet Mr Fraser bad burled charges, of all kinds aoros3 Ibe floor.

Mr Fraser: No. Continuing, ibe Premier said the football vote was not one of which bo approved tbe principle, but there was an exception be thought justified by tbe exceptional character of the faots and the exceptional favor of tbe public. Me JenniDgs’ district bad received ,£2B 000 under the Pablio Works Estimates, yet be bad been unfair enough to 4 jpeali as if it had reoeived nothing, and he bad read only ,<t telegram from Ohura oo the last day. A series of personal explanations followed, in wbioh Mi W. Fraser ioeialed Ifaat he bad not reflated on the late Premier, and Mr Massey sustained him. The Bill web read a second time and ccmnhtted.^ Tbe House adjourned at 6.

EVENING SITTING

The House resumed at

The Appropriation Bill passed through nil stages, and the Governors assent obtained.

IMMIGRATION RESTRICTION ACT, A Goyernor’s message was received, stating that this Bill has been reserved fpi the Royal assent. VALEDICTORY.

! The Hon. Premier thanked, the House for the courtesy extended to himself under circumstances of great difficulty,, and joined his colleagues in their appreciation of the way in which the work of the session had.been done. For a session of a little under nine weeks they had established a record with the number of useful measures. Not many Parliaments had a better record, All would join bun in Ins

regret that one of their number who lmd borne Iris shore in most of this work hud been laid aside, and in the hope tlmt lie michl. soon be restored to them. He thanked the Leader of the Opposition for iiu- assistance he had given in carrying on the work. He wished lion, members a pleasant time during- the recess, and good health and strength for the work before them at their next meeting

Mr Masssy thanked the Premier for It's kindly reference, and the Speaker for the urbanity and fairness with which he had presided over their meetings. He was grateful to the Premier for his kindly reference to his friend Mr Kirkhi-ide, and liu- House would lie glad to learn that the tews received that day was that lie wn illicit belter. To the Premier he wishes i

pleasant trip to London, hopinglhnl lied •ottld do good service both to the

Crown and the colony, as indeed lie v sure lie would, and return fresh a vigorous for the work of next session,

Air tif-mkir wished the House a pleasant r.-o-ss, and a roturu in good health an I - p : iit.\ Tho tiousu adjourned at 9,15 till 4 p.m. to-morrow.

BUSINESS OF PARLIAMENT. Resolved far tho assent of His Majesty —lmmigration Restriction Aot Amendment Aot.

ritl'.l.ll' ACTS. Adoption of Children Aot Amendment Aid to Public Works nod Lund Settlement Agricu’tural Implement Manufacture, Importation, and Sale Act Extons’oa

Apiaries Appropriation 1 Arbitration Aot Amendment I Bank Sbarot Transfer Customs Duties Adjustment Defsnoe Act Amendment Factoring Aot Amendment Firearms ( Fire Brigades I Fisheries Conservation Aots Amendment Government Advances to S-tilers Government Advancss to Workers Government Valuation of Land Aci Amendment Habitual Criminals and Offenders Habitual Drunkards High Schools Reserves Admcndmout Horowhouua Block Act Amendment Imprest Supply Imprest Supply No 2 Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act Amendment Jubilee Institute for tho Blind. Juvouilo Offenders Land Tax and Income Tax Legislative Officers Salaries Act Amend, ment

Maori Land Claims Adjustment Maori Land Settlement Act Amendment Mining Act Amendment Motor Regulation (No 2) Municipal Corporation Amendment New Zealand and South African Cus-> loins Duties Reciprocity New Zealand International Exhibition ;No 2|

I New Zealand Loans Act Amendment Offensive Publications Opium Prohibition Act Amendment Payment of Jurours Post Office Act .Amendment Private Hospitals. Puolto Hs-tltn Acs Amendment Public Revenue Public Works Aot Amendmmt. Q leeu’s Scholarships. Registration of Birchs Extension, Revenues acd O.her Lands Disposal an .1 Public Bodies Empowering. S'i'e of Explosives. Savings Brnks Profits. Scaffolding Inspection. Sosnery Presorvaiion Amendment, Sea Fisheries. Bouth liland Landless Natives. Stamp Aot Amendment Scale Goal Mines Acaount ScaSnie Law Amendment Teactiere' Superannuation Amendment Testators Family Mainieoanoe Thames Deep Levels Enab'ing Tourist and Health Resorts Control Town Districts Training Ships Unclassified Societies Registration Act Amendment Wa'mate Agrieultnral Reserve Workers' Dwelling Aot Amendment Auckland Girls’ Grammar Sibool Auckland Savingr Bank Educational Special Dooation Borough of Port Chalmers and Olago Djck Trust Exchange of Land Christchurch Tramway District City of Cnrisiohurch Munioipal Offices Ciiy oi Dunedin Lands Vesting Dunedin District Drainage aud Sewerage Aci, 1900, Amendment Ekaiahuua Borooga Eiiham County Gladstone Streets Vesting and Empowering Greymouth Harbor Board Loan Greytown Trustees Empowering Havelock Athenaeum and Mechanics’ Institute Incorporation Aot, 1907, Amendment Hokitika Harbor Aot Amendment Kensington Park Rate Exemption Masterton Trust Lands Trusts Em. powering Aot, 1905, Amendment Napier Athenaeum and Mechanics' Insulate Empowering Napier Harbor Board Exchange of Lands Empowering Napier Harbor Board Loan Napier Hospital Site Extension New Plymouth Borough and tho Taraneki School Commissioners Exohaioga Ojblow Borough Drainage Empower-

ieg Otago’ Boys' and Gills’ High Sohool Board Empowering Otago Djck Aots Amendment Otago Dock Validation Palmerston Njrth Dairying Sohool Petane Borough Streets Sandy Point and Grasmere Domains Vesting Timaru Harbor Board Amendment Timaru Harbor District Timaru Public Library Vincent and Manioto Hospital Districts Waimakariri Harbor Board Loan Waimumu Stream Damage Wellington City Reclamation Empowering Wellington Hirbor Board Reclamation and Empowerir g Act, 1903, Amendmont

PRIVATE BIUIS PASSED. Church Pioper;y Tcu.it (Canterbury) A0>,1879, Amendment. OugJ Presbyterian Church Board of Property. Baman Catholic Bishop of Auokland Empowering. USX OF JillLS DROPPED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF. Public Bills dropped : Agricultural implement Manufacture Importation arid Sale Aot Extension Ba'lot Card Voting Civil Sirvica Superannuation Coal Mines Aci Amendment Contingm. Vota Criminal (Lde Amendment Divoico Aot Amendment Education Ac; Amendment Elective Executive Elective Council Factories Aot Amendment

JP*rtieis Friendly Scoic-tiea Gaining and Lot.pries Aet Amendment Geld Duty Abolition Mining Property Rat'mg Aot Amend’ ment Habitual Criminals Harbor Boards, Hospitals and Chari table Institutions Industrial Oorcdiation end Arbitration Act Amei dment Public Institute for Blind, Juries Act Amendment Juvenile Offenders LBmpa on Vthioleo Laod Ac! Amendment Land Aet Amendment (No. 2) Land Agents Land and Income Assessment Ac Amendment Law Praotitioners Aol Amendment Legislative Council Flection Local Authorities Subsidies Lecal Government Franchise Maori Land Settlement Act Amend ment Marriages Validation Extension Mental Hospitals National Annuities Native Townships Act Amendment N F International Exhibition Noxious Weeds Act I9UO Amendment Plumbers’Rtgistiation Poukawa Native Reserves Prooucis Export Amendment , Publio Domain Boards Fonda Bute Food, Quackery and other Frauds

Prevention Rating on Unimproved Value Amend ment

Ji-de of Poisons Srparoto Endowed Schools Slaughtering aud Inspection Tohungu 8 apprise, ion Totalientoi' Abolition Tolali-ofin- Pntuits Xj in ii tit inn of Town Districts Trade Monopolies Prevention T- ii-ning Snips Universal Saturday Half-holiday \V-iuu-itr Agrtouitural Re servo Wm ken,’ (hmiponsatiou for Aco'.donfs Aot Amendment. Ljo >t Bills D.opped : Batoo and Ciutha Hospital District Gnristohuioh Did,tot Ditiinago Aot 1875 Amendment (No. 1) Obrisichutch Do-triei Drainage Aci 1875 Amaudmont (No. 2j C'iuistehuroh District Dminogo Act ISTS (.No 3) Coromandel and Thames Counties Bouudarios Alteration Groytown Gas Wotks Lincoln Road Board Empowering Mtikara County Mukstu County M»Dganan County I Martiuborough Town Board Squaro Fonoing and Road Closing I Opunnko Harbor Waimate Hospital District Waimate North County