GENERAL ASSEMBLE

Kumara Times, Issue 1152, 8 June 1880, Page 2

GENERAL ASSEMBLE

[new ZEALAND PRESS, -ASSOCIATION^ House, op representatives. Hospital and charitable institutions bill. Wellington June 1. Mr Hall moved the second reading of the Hospital and Charitable Institutions Bill. He said the effect of legislation in Parliament had been to create a variety of systems for the working df these institution’s. : Sinbe the ' abolition, of Provinces theW niaoagemeot had devolved on Govemtheht, and ? despite their endeavor to the contrary a vfery great diversity of modes of 1 working still prevailed. After detailing the various purposes df the Bill, he went on to say that a‘ measure bf ! this kind must of necessity be bpen ;fd a great deal of difference of opinion, and that Government would go irito cdmmiitee on the Bill quite prepai’ed to consider every reasonable propositions :. Messsrs Pyke, Shepherd, Montgomery, and Stevens concurred in the opinion that the general principles of the Bill were good. Mr Hutcheson thought the Bill, front clauses 4 to 33 would be found to be cumbersome, i Mr Andrews said there were clauses in the Bill which he disapproved, of, but they could , easily be ,pUt right in committee. • ' “ ' ’ 11 Sir; W. Pdx Iboked Upon ,this as dnfe of the most important measures that could be brought before the;; House; He could not approve-of the Bill to extent to which other done. The fault hq found,. symptoms, and not. the root' of the. di- .. sease. In doing so they, only succeeded, /• in driving the disease,in ;,It was'. > calculated to promote,, so to speak the taste of pauperism. . The , was,, they had made the'mistake of notstriicr. * ing at the root of-the.evil.,,;, - Sir George : jdrrey shid providence had, v brought; oue essential ajtth to his • that night. , , speech i jus£, livered by the preyipue spetdraij,,ha traded'out the evils of , as H

in tho British Isles, anrl then Contrasted it with the state of the population in France. He agreed with the previous speaker in thinking that this Bill was calffid&ted to promote tear up their Native Lands' Bill and bring rot Ward bills for the purpose of pVomotfog bon fide settlement instead of promoting Piako Swamp jobs, they will d<J more to prevent pauperism, more to s&Vent drunkenness, than all 'the charitable aid schemes that could possibly be imagined. Mr Rolleston said that the reception this matter had met with convinced him th'it the country was Udw content to settlpydown to, practical legislation. What they had to do was to face the evil of pauperism. He claimed for this measure that it would effect that object through its local bodies, by assisting the Government. In making the BUI a complete measure they would do good service to the country. Mr de Lautoiir could not agree with the Bill, as it would do away with voluntary principle, Mr Oliver spoke in support of the Bill. Mr Speight thought the Bill had been presented to them in a straightforward manner, still he look exception to a number of the provisions. » Mr Hall having replied. The motion was then put and carried *6n the voices. At 10.15 the House adjourned.