GENERAL -ASSEMBLY.

Grey River Argus, Volume XV, Issue 1872, 5 August 1874, Page 2

GENERAL -ASSEMBLY.

■-i-j ?;■ ■ -• ! ;:;>r a-).-:-;:ip- {,!)«■: h'siivyyyi [ANGLdfAtTSTRAijfA^V'f Se"^ .OJELEGRAPH -"' '.''' ''" Ai ~ AGENOY.] . kbusirdF repMsent^ives T -- y'4%' 1 a ' :> A * . a „.. , n *;,. , tj t YVELLINGTON, AugUßt4. The adjourned debate on, ; ,the State EJorestej Bill, qccupi^d the ,af ter^oon^^ f "IThe sitting) w'as-opefledVjby/rWCr^njray, who opposed the Act, principally on the gro und J:hat jit- was quite^u^ecess^^T^a--f'Mr-Maeandfe'w siidthe ideaiofTtliei^Lct wa3 good, butf'tiie Imachin^y^ wa^bad. Otago had already^re^cr^gised the importance of the question; "^nd%ad faced it. Mr O'Conor supplteifcthe Bill warmly. ' Mr "* Bucki'and ; /spoke ' : itt Btrbngfagaipst ; tiie^L| ; ..;'' v:;;.f7;',;' ; ( r,... fi j{^. Mr Rolleston concurred with the prin"ciple^of 'tlie : Bill," biit cbhde f miied its^pro.visions ;_ __ ' Mr Bluett supported the .measure as likely, to baa great boon .to Canterbury. ..,.. Mr- v B.unny 7 l . opposed- the Bill, aa_.a means,, jof confiscating; the lands of fthe _Colony. • */».Mr '. J.7 .Kelly ©pposed " the ?'? scheme; a3 being not requirea,'rand,> likely jitpjboj a '^finaricialfufailiirei-ut'': „7 .t) .•'^^^Jh-n'Btdd >: 'c6ald^CaDly i Ute r gard the 's^Heuii^aT"We ; t6 v enable' : tb:e^^wi»ment to acquire money^oiilQ)! the lands of the /Provinces by /laying, .hands^ on,alL forest •frontages )/to:_)sbttndsi :ang J&y&'pnf^ie' 'West-GoastP^^ ' ); " f \tisrrfi . I -..• Mr,- Luckie ni suppor,ted , the^.mß^ure'^as one?tbat: fw.Quidrrdefferve;/tth.e.- i tb^ajnk| Ji of fut.ure^genera'tidris: r;jli ' - f >«» ao Mr Hunter opposed, Mr Andrew'aupported, an dl the .debate is still going on. 5 The 1 report of the Select Committee oh the, etciso duties wa3 brought up. It stiites'that to immediately adopt : the /proposals -,of-, the jG-oy.ecnmen^ ..would not be consis tent iiwith. good faith, anfl it. 'would S not- -ibe expedient/- to, : ialtpgether stop' 1 distiliatibn^'Du^in Wie.w^of theflosa resulting ito,,the f . revenue v thirefr'om ( , a and aa the parties engaged in it expresstheir willingness, .to. accept v compensation, the Government should 7 endeavor to arrange with them on equitable terms. ' - I Mp '■'^ebsifer* was \ 'granted Teav6 J6f^b"sence for, the. remainder' bf-thb-aeWoflf ■SOU 37i^y oTpp======={. a ij{X '■- ' A" mania 1 f 6if Ift div6T.ce ! to' b'^Vag j obtainedl lately . California ' Ijaa^tways been considered. the "state' "par^exixtlence, . where' lnarital; -infelicity prevailed; but of late;.thia unhappy state of things appears -to'benucreasingr -The adsenturoua^habits of the men- rend.eringjttem restive under domestic restraints and responsibilities, •and]tb>e|facility, jwi^whjic^therjmarriage tie can be sundered^ by £he ''"courfa^may account for>Jbhe number, of divorces. "But to whatever cause it may be assigned, the effect is a disastrous^one, and will always act aa an obstacle to the formation of that'solidlt^of character which springs fro'm'a' sense of responsibility assumed -and oi ditty: faithfully discharged, sphere can be 'nb' teal MvaricSraeut rlh.t coM^unities where the marriage obligation is so lightly 'considered.' > " A a O T