Hawke's Bay Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY. MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1867. NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume XII, Issue 499, 12 August 1867, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY AND THURSDAY.

MONDAY, AUGUST 12, 1867. NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT.

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On la. lay, hath July, i a the II -use jl of lleprcscntaiives, after some L.U-!; ness of minor Lap. rtauco, a decision ji of some conscnuonco was male r.y the ■ a Speaker upon the nuestiou if a peli-; ' 1 i-in presented by Hr ilands j:i hoa; a : "Wanganui settler whose properly hud been taKen possession of as a military i position. The Colonial Govermuerh a. bad. it seemed, lathing to do vitii it,h and application for rfdivss bad been 1 refused by the "War Uilieo, which had y referred the petition to the Colonial • 1 Government. The petition, ashing 1 -, for compensation, and bavin" certain U correspondence attached, was iuLr- : j inal. and could not be received by tbeji House; but the matter could bed j brought before its nonce in other ; ways, as by a member moving for I copies of the correspondence, which': Hr Harrison gave notice he would hud on most sitting day. Leave wa r given h to Major llcapby to bring in a lid for ; the repeal of certain Aids relating to i the management of waste lands in i Auckland, and to make other provi-p

siono regarding them. A discussion also look place on a motion of Mr Reynolds, for the repeal of sections 15 ami 1G of the Audit Act, which provides that members serving on the Audit Committee should receive a payment of ATO each. Upon a division being called, the numbers were 1 found to be equal, 2f! members voting on each side of the question ; a-nd the; Sneaker, according to ordinary prac-j lice, io leave- the matter as litiie dis-j imbed as possible, gave his casting 1 vole with the Noes. A further dis-i cussion, and one of some length, took 'place on the motion of Mr Reynolds, |“ That it be an order of the House for j die session that no select committee! :be adTiorised to summon witnesses: : bel.ire it who may reside at a distance| rd'above ten miles from the city eg Wellington, unless on special leave of the House fast given.” lie (Mr : Reynolds) believed the practice was calculated, if unchecked, to lead the col "my into serious expense. An hon. member might move for a select comma to a, and summon bis personal . iiieiuU, so that they might have a heap trip io VvT-ilingiou and back. ■ The mollm was ultimately negatived mi the warns. i

i On TcMlay. July oa), in the Legis-1 dative Council, the question of the investment of tlx sinking fund of the: aA.OAU.OAO Loan wu ;■ brought focA v,\.rd by the ii ui. I r Juhnsloii, ami! aixv.xreil by the liu. aI. A c I lioi.arJ-1 .'.on nil:oh iu the ruix; way us bah, ‘ full U. A A:;:, if A;.. other ii •IXOA ‘hut it v,-;ui !•. ;i the power u Ii;- ' i tv- ! ,‘vj ll itO-'V fitfun : r the i!!Vv.'tn:cut Laving A oil to thf A ■ . tin of Me Curve MMCIU tUO age;, is ;e A tiw b ioVo.Ji'.l. t, laid lx thought toe pi' - !: t rue x a di.-.-usik non the ir.a'.b. r. -vo"l 1 bo when the C uuoii was iu:r i-li-: i: tho >]'.w ;•>:! of the cOusohb.:hu■ fp: s 1 xuh. 1.,..u5. air li■ • I;:i>, .A ! .1 ar u oouuubu oto com-idor thoj : iu;.ho of o; tailing hi;l inf* mai- - ;■ i n r.uut'hhu' tho industrial \ iirsmt:O' the Col "V v. ho a tubi.x; the mxA Uuusus. fie raid thut ll;u iafonr.atioii -.vus in aoh iioehuh At tho time <-j 1 st Luna rt it was tupporej that uiilorl.iury and o‘;M> hr..! grown irxtx ■ i-.'.i", thru -xthoiotu j..r the supply of ■ho ■ ■■puhub.!), ;u 1 the jii'i.x hao . uhb : • I .v; U' t u Icing ;ib.it the ■ '..in . f iu;.;iy f.ii'nte;-::. iaavge naan ,

idis cf :y.dn had ah■> ho. n expwud | ;il i'i at l a ;, an.f before the seas nd «’ai over it w,.s discovered x'c-impor-d unions mu.:t take place at a largo do,case of cost to moot the actual ' • pnremtnts of the ; such and aaiuituaute state of affairs wetild haw; been impossible with the ptvper' statistical infornraiivij at HanT winch it was the object of his motion to. obtain, and which was in existence at homo, tn America, and in other colo-l ;.ios. xiio mot: ;n was agreed to. Unj ho nation of the same bon, gentle- 1 man, a commit ice was appointed to ! cuiisna/r lire advisalah, v of eudowinh scul :ar..inps to enable leading pupils; ■i public schools in the colony to! obtain an University education in the; e nitoa ivingacm, or to establish universities in the colony, with power th c.mAr with a committee of the whole Home. Ho said it was to be deplored that hoys were from some cause removed from school before teachers had' an opportunity of testing their capabilities ; and additLnai inducements i Isnould be offered for their remaining d inger at school, either ly offering’ ischolarships in the ordinary schools of ; tine colony, cr establishing them for a low of lire very best scholars in a| university at homo. The youth of, j the colony should be taught how to |

take a place in its councils or to follow the learned professions, and it was the duty of the Council to assist in supplying the moans. The Hon. Mr Menzies, in seconding the motion, said the institutions of the colony were open to any who distinguished themselves by ability, and amongst the boys now playing on the streets there I might he future legislators of the j colony; it was therefore the duty jof the Council to provide such faciii- ! ties for education as would fit the ‘rising generation for such future duties. He advocated the sending hoys home to learn the manners and '.mbits of thinking and acting there, which were different from that with : us, and calculated to he of advantage ;to them. Inlhellor.se of Lepreseutatives the principal portion of the sitting was occupied with the discussion of the Hcpresenlalion Hill and the Local Government Lid ; the former of which was read a second time, but on the motion of Mr StaiihrJ that it be committed next sitting day, an amendment was moved by Mr Mooramuse, that it Le committed that day six months, which amendment was, after much discussion, carried by a majority of seven, the feeding of the| House being that there was no actual}

tie ml oi‘ iacrcasiug :l;e mimli.-r of members, and that pari of Westland needing some representation was no argument f r itmr.-using the number of -.tuid i...t m. ts. 1. is V’lvbaule iLii will shortly he tuL.’.i into consideration, with ibe oldest of reducing ‘be nninbei* «. i u j ; .\ reives and ne.ir redimri; at'm;. Of the Local iL-.y. rninont 1 > -1!, the discussion was :e;: v.:i' o .e io remit' to [be saljeoi ia our next*.