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Manawatu Times, Volume IV, Issue 49, 19 June 1880, Page 2

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i vtpßeplying to questions, it,was, stated the: money w,aa advanced to tfie.\^aimea Rail-. way Company on tlie 18tli r March lastj and^ , would be. re.-paid to the. Public Works Account by the Annuities department in a day. o^tvro; In ad.di.tion to. ££0,000 of guaranr. teed debentures at 7 per; cent., a mortgage. '- w.S3 taken oyer the company?a line. i ~ lEn, view, of the state of colonial finance, the Govarnment thought the. extentiori of; the, telegraph line to |Jake Wanaka,author-. ized by the. House! could; stand 'oy.er at pre-. semV :. .-..-.? •;, ,:^-,■';-<':.-■; '. J^Ternmsn,£'l^ped''to''b'e:abW r,^fßrt_'.weelr. -to inl*jduee a Representaijipn Bill/ The percentage .of <fema)6 - ot«p male. leathers will rapidly increase and in the na-. tural: course of e,tents\b wajs bptMid to inr. i crease;Btill;furthor.ii Under these circum-. stances, GtoTernment did not think it necessary to. gire extra: rencou^agement for the. more frequent employment of female In that, Gorernment had under ebnsideration % . Teachers Aot. r There be\ng a krge. preponderance of female io^isK that ofv male. , teachers, the uniform^ scale of 6, per 6ent. deduction- would not be fair, as.females did not take, to teaching like men as a life-long, , eniplpyment; The matlgr wpuld^ be. mora. fiill^thoughjtpTW^i I slrzi >(;p *; ;• ■■. The. Gtevernmeqt acted' most knjently inthe matter of land-tax defaulters. Ifi was. only after eTery;effort h»d be^'n exhausted; to get payment that resource was had to le-. gal proceedings, a'ncl then the ljst ef defe lters was takeni up alphabetkidly. He. 1 o^oed, howetM, it would no.t be. found; ne? n'esiary to, go* right through'tne alphabetical; 'Kii-.ll^ 'in'^-fii -^:\\-k -qr.iti^i"'.■■-." Thp cost of; siarreyingi the;linß fr^nt BelK gr r» towarjds-Bpundhill on the Nelson*.. C^eymoutli railway-vwiaai no.known, and* th«. 'survey towards;theTpphons»,is jn. progress, with th». vitw of deciding tfi* beit rout*. fpr the. line.. '. ; .C r "'W. !JJh«. Ctbf^rnp^enfc, wa« awar«.an.anctiontjy ~ m Blenheim named- Griffiths wm receiring. £60 per. annum, for,, acting as. cl«rk to tha. sheep, department. When the. Sheep Acfccamain force his s^rTieesjTtre continued by the late. (^oTernment.. H,e had bad the ap» : pointmerit prerioujjly,' aiad-it, i^aa, thought, they would soon be in, a positiba to dispense, with his further, sex-rices,- but m,the mean, time the. district was a badly infeptcd on*. ivi.^/QflprgeiQ^y^igt^oduced-a bill, ip re-, peal the. Property Assesiment and P.ropertjTax Act, 1879: He moTedit be.rttdase-. cond time to-morrow eight days. > 1 -Mr.' Halßiiaid'ife/was tantamount to a,Tote. of no-confidence in, th«. Qprernmeiit, and c -moved that it coma oa.for lecond mding. to«jnpxroflr. i:h-\: Sir. George. Grey assented, and the billj was. ordered^ to^ b^^raad * ieponjl time tp-_ monoiiy i^'!-iX X 1 . '. ••.';•■ ■ : : j * The, f oHdwing bills were, introduced andread a first time :—OtagoßiT(Brs,Sydenhani [Borough Empowering^ Taranakju Iron Smelting Works, Land uA,ct 1878; Amendment. '. A motioa^wift'made in conformity with. the repprt from the Sjiaciing Orders. Com-. mittte, recommending vt-he'adjoWninent of the House at 12.30 erer night, and was dis-. cussed and carried on thißToicts: <Mr. Hutchjaon moyed/the appointmenfc; of a committee, to consider the best means, pf> encouraging. settlement on the wast*; lands Pf ~ the coionj;; further, what. htlp and enoourgtmient may b« properly ex*. tended by Gowriment to those, who ua, desirous of taking up small sections of land, Mr. Dick mored as an amendment that it be left to the Waste Lands Committee ty^

.gautea;i l .i'W['il l .i' l i l ■! >»...i-Jlj-i — >--r- rrrwrces: - - af=*Pyk« m~6^e<V *lie- ?eco^tl"^r^iflK~^f' r ' the Partj Professions Bill, j It.waspnly intended to restrain obnoxious professions, and was therefore intended to preserve peafe. ' . . ■ '■..'■.. .:/■'; '". ■ .'■ The Hon. the Prelmier ojpposed the Bill, as interfering with the liberty: of the sub jeefc.'."" "■' V.. ... "'"-"'' --''-'••■■-■ ■ , Mr. Seddon coincided with the opinion of the.Premie^ '■; : : ' . ■ .• „ ■:' S. ' '- : ' ' "■■' .>; r^sJ< : .Stew«rfe;;BuppQri>ed/£li|t : measura and: hoped itjwould become law, ;._;. ' ; ' "J Mr. Bo wen said if the I.BiUl .BiU were passed it w^nld renlly be a red. rag, and would do infinitely more harm than good. Mr. Andrews said his sympathies Were not with the Bill, whioh he ho.ped would not become law. "'". "' Mr- Stevens moved as an amendment — f That the BUI be read " that: day' six months." ;. v .. ; ;-'.*■.'•. '" *'. I ■'- '-■ :MK Hdrst^econded the ameridraentj'and ... aaid'tha House.should- not be guilty of panic legislation. • Mri .Tmnbull. hoped, the Bill would be withdrawn... I- ' ' : :•... Mr, Shqnpard said the feelings which had promoted the outrages' at ' Tiraaru were not 1 4.ViiisC out, and consequently a measure of the kind proposed was necessary. ' Mr. Pyke said his friends had acted towards him very treacherously, for they had asked hiin to hring in this Bill, and had now opposed ifc. 'For the future he should be j;wy.'careful how he tiusted his honor with .them. '. If^.anythjng serious; happened he could aa/jr. that he had done his duty, while thoae [Who "lia3 opposed tlie Bill would lhaye; blood upon -fcneir hands; ? (Eiaughter.) Hoh.| ':■ gentlemen niust not fbrgeb that there, bad ! been threats'of far'greater disturbances this " ■ yfe'ar than took pkcevlaist.'i Mr. Pyke 'then 'criticised the speeches .'of: the various •peakers.whohadipppo3od.the Bill, and con- , eluded [■ by statihg that he washed his hands of any blood that might be shed, . » ■"■■'>■ .The amendment was theu put, and car- ' • ried *on the Toi^es. . v •Sir George Grey moved the second read;ing- of the Moorhouse Services Becognition 3ill, and referred to what thut gentleman had done for the Golqny ut large and CantertDury, in particular. .^ The Premier seconded the second rending of the Bill. As, the pioneer of the railwaj system of New Zeiland, the proposed honor ,to Mr. MoorioHie Was certainly an' tippro- ■ priate onei -././'--;'.. * :: ' : .r ■•• v ' ■■■"' '■•■! ""' :. : - c :'^Mri?AMaijandi«w supported the motion, find hoped it would be qarraed, without "a single 'dissentient. '; : » ■ > . Mr. 'lreland eonsiaered that the Bill inr tofo_4uped v a very injurious principle.'" In a youiig Colony like this,^tbere, should- he n'O hereditftry.hoiipM.-, '}■> r flir Geotge Grey proposed the Bill fee' :v j cpmmitted'j'and the House went into, com- / mittee._ _.;■..... ..^.■ i . ...... . ■...-., ,'■:■' • ; Mr. M^uiray moved that the words >{t And 7 his discen^ants for •^er" be atruJdt out: i ! '"; Mr. Tdrnbull moved an amendment:; to tie. effect that th» honor., should be'conr Mr. Moorhouse for his lifetime. - On a dimipn-.Mr..^ Murrajr'a amendment iras dedartd to'be lpkt. .; , ' ;Ik>..wa»" then . propoied that thai wovd '';■* I' heiW'V&e^bstituted^^ for " descendani i." ' Some, discussion ensued, and Mr. Stewart .imdved thafe'the wpr^ds " the^ddest heir in a direct line, for the time being " be inserted for liheiwdrd -'''dfescendanfcs." K ' Mr. Andre wo entered a protest against ■ , .fhe.Bu'l, and said if returned to, the Hause : >he' would 'move, t"9J9 after, ttmn, that 'the' motion be struck "'biit from thereoords. ' .-, Mt. Seddon" waißurp.ris.ed at. the apposi- - tipn' ''coming febm such aquafter It -ah owed ' them what they might expect if they left it 19 the people of ChriMichurch. ; Why - they tod ' stopped Mr. pasi upon the raflways whatever. ' ■ ■'- ■: ';;■■ The- Hon. Mr.i;Rolle3feon did. nofc^ think; this wtis corjsee£» and appealed to the Hor.. Mr. Richardson, who stated j>hai.he believed , the pass had been stopped. ' ■ .;Mr.SwansQn considered that the honor •was a mean andtrifling one. Mr. Pyke expressed the greatest surprise at the opposition offered to .the BiHlbythe honV ■ member fqrVjthe!C{ity of Cliristehurch: . Mr." Andrews' said lie was but a poor man, ' but r hew,6ulc) give £10 for sonie recognitiosj of Mr. Moorhoußo's services rather .than ;' to tKis Bill. .;,"/, Mr. Stewart's amendment was then put ftticl asreedtb, and the Bill reported with atDenduients, were r«ad a third time, and '^■'jpassed^ ; ; " "•'■■'' ":i '".-' '}'''■' ' V';-'* \\ ■' ■-. The House went into Oommiktee. !on the Elections Petitions Bill. ' " ,;; In the course of a discussion which took place on tliesubject of the. number of i judges '•who should try a' petition, ' ! . • Mr. JohnLuntlon spoke strongly in fovor of two judges, and said for his own part ■•■■ hftlcriew if a^petifipn had been Ke'ard-before Judge Gillies, v he would have ; had; little, chance, of. "coming back to thnt House. >; : J ' ;; r V The, Hon. the Premier protested against Buchmsinuattons being made by Mr. Lnndon, unles* LtfiWere prepared %o prove his assertion. • -. ; •• : . ■ • - • ■<.-•'".■ ' Ot'her Koini ' members also ' spok.e : to, the- '". fame effect, 'and * ...-■ t.v - "The Ohairrnan of Gommittee ruled that ■uch language, was |u.n parliamentary. >■' Mr. Hurst' was quite sure that although ■ Gillies/ might at one time ha.ve had a •trong political bias, he' was. as: upright^a i-- Judge as any in the eolpny, and that his decisiori;would not be. in, any-vijay^influenced • by any political feeling which, he might at " J »t oiifl tim» ; have had. - • - - . : i, The matter was. then, dropped. . _ •'■ ■'•'•"" It wis resolved that two Judges should % •fry svich petitions; instead of one as set,. forth, by, the BiU. '' " The other clauses of the Bill -were passed s^ithpnfc alteration, and. the Bill was.reported a?r ttthe^H6use and ordered to, be re-cpiimxit^ ■t-^«P6^i-SViday< r: - >-U^:>. -. . ■ ■[': ■/'.■•