PARLIAMENT.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 70, 21 August 1885, Page 3

PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF -REPRESENTATIVES.; (UNITED PRESS ASSdciATION.) : . v. ■'• ; WellingtoNv Thursday. The House met at 2.30 p.m. ' PROGRESS OF BILLS, Hon. Mr Bichardson introduced the Auckland Railway .Land Compensation . Bin. .■:•>■;■' , : ; : . ••.;■;, The South Rakaia Domain Road Empowering Bill was read a third time and passed, v .- "'■ '" : : -- '■ ■ •. / The^Grisborne: High School Bill, was -committed,- read a third 'time,- and passed^' • ' '_■„.■ " <Mr Tole moved the second ; reading of the Auckland Harbour Board (No. 2) Bill.- Agreed to. '-". ■'...:.■■ The House rose at 5.30 p.m. ■ -. '■'.., ■",•..■'■■•.•.- ''.■..• -r..'. '■" Friday. . bbn v the Land Bill, dlause 169i,t0 limit the. areiot runs, this Clause limits the size of a run to be held by any (Tne person, to land capable of' carrying 20,000 sheep 03c 5000 head of cattle.^--- .:"' : '-' ; ■;••-•■'- .•■■ '.; : . ; ■■■ ■ . Th^i Premier urged those who did not wisW to gee the land held by largo owners to vote for the Clause. ;.■/-.. .i • Mr Fergus strongly opposed . tlie' Olause,.t)and said that in the Wakatipu Districjt' the system of cutting up into ■mail holdings was tried, and failed because small capitalists were unable to • cope with the rabbits. ' t -Mr . S.: McKenzie objected to. .the; Clause, on th« ground that it harassed $xid hampered the wool industry and depreciated the value 61 large, ruias, without good results; iiii v etttrn. ." j; Mr J. McKehzie defended the Clause, and.Baid that the question was were ihey going to atiow ; .these companies -fdrined in London to buy up and to ! hold large areas of land. 'V , • ■■■_ „ ,:/ Mr Bolleston ttfbughtjthat the - Clause was unworkable, and'would ; not support it. "He sympathised: with thfe , feelings, against large runs, but it- <was not applicable .to all sorts, of country. , - ■ On a division, the Clause was rejected by 24 tp 19^ J '■' remaining Clauses of . the Bill (with the exception of Clauses 34 to 41, with .reference to the ' establishment of Boards) were agreed to without discus-. ■focm^- :'■■'(■■■ r : ::' < :-- ,■'■■■/. \" ■';•■.."/■ Mr Ballance moved to report progress on the new clauses, which was agreed to. ■ The House rose at 2 a.m.- .