HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 36, 10 July 1885, Page 3

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

•>• -rSCbe House met at 2.80 p.m. «t»vlJho Hon. Mr Stout i'lild that,)in con| : 4hV-wbidh^ihe • Goinmitteo ;bf 'tWays and Meaus dealt :> witli the Tariff resolutions last night, '. ; lie should; ask . the House to i adjourn ptin'b.aJf-past-7 p.m., m order to ][ I . ithjs^GQ^ernmeu t to consider what steps the B'alvjVcf. . . .',...-. The House adjourned at. 2 50 k : p.m. : ■•.■,:■ Th^House resumed at 7.30. p.m.^ .-,.." ' STATEMENT. . i, . ' The Hon. Mr Stout said that since the House i rose- that 'afternoon the Govern-' • m^nt vhad 'cipnsidered position into : whichfthey Were' put by the iGomihittee'. of Waj's and Means. They had consult-: ed ,witht{their supporters, ? and had come -.'. tb\tKe' conclusion not to ask the House ( to ag&in go into Committee on the resor'ltitiprisi: Tfiey would r" ask the H«use to . ;yalidate th*e' resolutions passed byntho : Coiniiiittee,;and by leave of the House. hevrdutd move' a resolution to tliat effect. '. He\;n>ed hai'dly s't^te that. the loss to. the • revenue by the action of the Committed would , be £70,000. The Government; . p|bpoßed to meet the loss by renewing for two years the £50,000 . Deficiency Bills^of 1883.-4, and as to the other. vjE2P|oooiiit^ras^^ proposed, that the expense .of the Constabulary engaged m i- defence '.WorlrssliQuid be charged on loan.' .This; "would recoup the: loss of £70,000 from ..' tjte.'dutie^.fv/As to the : measures the „ Governmehiin tended to \procee!d with.. he said>tha|b:: it ;was "proposed t6 go on i with the iLocal iTinance and : Pow.ers;Bill, r p.w£iich^theyconßidered a bill : inline -strictest sense of the t6rm. They v pi s eposed to. xyithdraw from tihejbill the proposal,^^fpr: borrd wing; on subsidies, arid they would' not ask the House to fix any time for* (giving; subsidies to local bodies. He sMd'heVegretted'tbat the Houbo had -iiiot granted jthe additionial supplibs aslced ' . -Ifor under the tariff, as thedutio's Would %reßs fairly oh all classes, arid prdvideil'•at the same time that local industries Mwere not interfered •within . In order that :jb'o injury 'should be done to.^he iriercariy' iiilff community, he asked leave to moyo . '.the^resqlutiqn.^yliiobi' rescinded ihe'6'tfs- ' ',; v |o^rdatieiß..ir^iution:of;;;the-29th June, eicept sq far as related to spiriti, bitters, wine,. sparkling wine, and Australian vnae.^:^. ' ■. : -- ■■■>••;/' ' ; /'(w^ „. The yp solution was put and carried oa . -yi-> "■ • ■; '■■ ; ; '• ' i; iVjulaireply - tor Major Atkinson, the --Pre- ' ■limier said; they not m a position to r. brjing down the Cristdnisdulws Bill, but ;it would be^ready by Tuesday next. .: : . Public -Worki Loan 1 " /Validation Bill was read a' third time, t^and. passed.^ ; .' ::":''" ■ ;: f *;_«'■•;■■.! ' V GAMraO ACT A^NpiOENT.! - the second-reading fpf 'th|BJ Gapoirig band*' -Lotteries 1881< ]- 'AmendrQent Bill. The motion ifor thfe ij-secpnO.; reading was carried on thi vbiceg.^ 3: ■M^^-:CEmTE^S ; AMENDMENT.i . v ' House 'went into' Gomm'itteeton: the ; Act 1882 Amendment j THe biU was f readia thir# time and pdwe'd withpuji amendment. j- "^ :! ' ( .;, ,;Ti£B bill was committed;- . freM^a third, time and passed. : ;• 3 J^if-j; ', "'■"' brVt>RCE. '.;■ /''.'. i :" \r,ir. '-■ : '■'''- Mr 'Tole mbV^ci.tfi'e Becond reading-of : ' J f'D!yt|f^f and M Mat^mpnial v Causes Act |'4^^Aniendnient 'Bill. : < He said the introducing the bill was a case recehtly Heard m the Divorce -Court m Wellington, wherein Judge Richmond f;£aid that as the fact stood at present be ;,was unable to; give the petitioner, a young girl, a release from her 'husband. V;Y; •Ja--'. SECOND READINGS. /'■?; The Hon. Mr Stoiit moved the second the Industrial School; • Act '* "'ainfendment Bill, and explained that^ "it provided that those m a position 1 "contribute towards tlio, support; ■^Sf ciiildlren^— -Siptjon agreed to. ; ; „,_'., , -* ,:^ Hpii. Mr. Stout moved the second reading of the Municipal Corporatious Bill. -r Agreed; to. ;^ ! The Hon. Mr Ballanco moved the pecend reading of the West Coast Settlemerit Reserves Act HBBl' Amendment Bill. He said the passing of the bill , would greatly facilitate the settlements of the lands on the West Coast.— Motion agreed to; , . ' : r^Ttie House adjourned 'at 9.3 C pm.