WEDNESDAY.

Manawatu Times, Volume IV, Issue 51, 26 June 1880, Page 3

WEDNESDAY.

Aim debate was resumed by Mr Thomp» OOH who said; he had al ws vr l>een a party/man, - but the pjrejent *occa«ion^waß ?^^s»o c .« n »nich any strpng.biaa should be «d« rt;ii The, I ,pteswi* time: " J -2?'M5? toBpW <?n«^nd Jfte-.'Gbverii-At „<M same time, he did nbt think jjwwiuld be.

weve Amoved,' for there were juit as good faLjn.the Baa as had^jey .«. _bgen v> caugh(b v : HiTdiairiot blame any pkrticulfiip Ministi'j Jl or?.th«i> preseni/difficultiesi but* He^ blamed tbe people of New Zealand generally. iThe hoQ gentlttnan, r proc«eded. to. review) the scheme of public works ai .' inaugurated by Sir Julius Vo'gtl m 1870. They had (pent -^^tveM.ib.einoney v tinp^ftUb^in.'el^tr 1 ; ngspUblic bnildings thMilgliotit'tlie colonyi*^o«ione^^hlch)b;^beVh3irecfeetf of the .public revenue, with the sole exception /o£oaV/pU'b)^,al3^^^ nitnre of that House had been paid for with boi-rojred monty, which,^ never ioteadedr. by tHe Public Woirk^ Policy, as enunciated by Sir Juliua^Vogel^ ., If a. RWat»O'n&ividual had Wen going on W''iait colony! had. been-going on lie would -undoubtedly hare' have* berni- landed '..long ,ago,in the Bankrupfcc^Gourt- The GfoTeMtfient, be main.faiuetl,. 'aad not attempted Jfe grapple with tiie financial difficulty : v in r a sutiuf actory manner.^fladtnlttfid.th^t the amendment meant t-hat'Jthe -Government were to be driven fromithejbenchei, but, so far as he was'conccrned, he did not wish. to seethepre-:BißjQtiGove]-Drrfeia[,aiipl*cgd. Iwe'wcra' tleman proceeded ..at some length to criticise the financial proposals whicli had been brought down 'by \th«<©ol<jni*l Treasurer He did v noji object (o the beer tax, nor; did 'he think the-Howe ' did' generally. The preat •tumbling— block, however, was*undoubfpdly tbe property tax,: With regard to the land "tax introduced two years ago, r wpß ; a epecialjtftxvfpr a- special purpo§« He v did noVtbfpJ,, that t*x r . should be iap-, plied to tHe. 'purposes ",oif ' gqverninisnt. That tax had iiiet ' witli vjbry little 'Vopposi-•^^.in-th^e^i^j^^ri^^ .It wm, however, a very ; unequal • tax. ' What 1 thty oughtrjJiOQhaye^were^aiJwnj .districts, wfiicii •!io^d]makiß.%opd any doficiency m the ; forking '.o| j,' l^'a railways ii» those particular*, 'districts/ In this question of taxation they could'not'be guided by any hard and fast t rule;- butjmuetr rfAh'gf ■■loiCsffle&: by tU' question of .expediency, r< S^ti)l, tjijerf were several features, in. the "property tax, which wepe^ecidecUy pbjeotip^a^e.-g/He did *|nptf. ; consider tljiit it wai' required at present. If th« land tax was estimated to yield more jthan^ £260,(0..^ He -th»t,,ao-coi-drng^to tne Treasurer's 1 own Statement, He WM- faxjng *;• the people £40,000 more' tban.thfVe-iiras aiiy pecasidn \ i oi?. The land tax ; be ciad L at ways con^ideved 'was a wrong -tax, so- far- as its exemptton-Tjlatraw were .oo^c^;n.ed,; : -'lf^hedef^^4Dr^.^d'*ita4^ 'weiSe made- goo;d' J -he J belieVed there jwduld be no occasibrifoi* the- property tai"at \tXL\ (Hear r beaiv]| wwars r no doubt that( tliey lnuttJhave Taxatioa but it -was ;tbeir' iduty tff'keeplt dbwalas'iiiuch-ei ifessible. If they imposed this p'*op'e« ; t-v ! tax jther.ppqnt.'y^wqplif, jjein 4;tnoi» jdepresied condition that it f was. at p 'esent, »tnd if tjiey put pn tbe tax they would findit areij djffienltthingjtpgetridof it. .! '■-*: jV i>.^y T V7Hi£^Kß'm9ye^.|irhe\;.a^j6v^nie*Djt 'of jthe debate,' b\i* tte g: ; qund of; Its jg^eat " itu^orfance. anS Jße ■b«ence' ; oj!ja;iarge inuaj' b'eJ'of tbe' ineisbei's. who "were enjoying 7 theoiselve* at a festive gathering "not tfav away. -i.l ';■-' ;^-' A "' '■■■' -■ .-■■ i< ■ ( Major. Ha^is opposed Jha motion 'for • Wydtft-niii^ib, intt sa}d the Opposition woiildinsist ujjohtlib debase being gone on with. M;\ Maoandeew would not cave, to speak ttfv t en}"ptyai)r.ic}ies, and-wouM remmd the Houoe t!i«t cwQ-tau-di of .their number were ' Mr.TT^^jJtL I 'opposed 'the motion for foe dfebstel wrs being caiu^d^qQ^n the f/ica^ofiauchiinop 30- tuW' ci -cumslane*, and m tbe ' absence ; oil in 'asimtdoa wfc ich they •■• had a/.-Tigil Ito eipeci. to r J>e. B^eecj .befqi-eifchem; ra-he-b^n. gentleibaii procee3ed to speak ■on ' the iiisiti' cfneb'cfoa befoi ; » tlie c Houi'e m cpanec--tion w it!i- ; the ao-confidence , debate; - He condemned the system which existed eeneltiily"w^'Uvegavd to'tSe' Civil' Service", ' aad thecawrying -outiof nur public woi'ks. Hi" hoped that when they came to consider fcbe Estiiaates they would make very considerable reductions'— not i five" thousand "pondds as they bad doof last year, but a quarter: of a million. There was every wish ia House to assist the Government m^ctfi'ryi.ig out any honest refoVms. /It i was ag'reat pjty they had not a siranger (jovernment !to, grapple with their difficulties thaq tbe present; wealf »ad t tiihid "Gl^^ment ; ribw!i;i pdwer. - Tliat was Vje^greatrfajlibg iot>tllie ■House- -tbe Wenkness pT Govermnent— and 'one cause of the present depres&ion was due to Jth^.Actipn of the ■ Coipnial-iTi'easurer hiiSselfJ "who Bad brought "on the panics ,which. i .exia^ed. .by rdestroying ,;t'he t credifc' ' which' Kew Zealand nail' uad in* thejuoiijey market. The hpn. gentlemen spoke up to the usual time 'fbridjburnmeut, and con-^ eluded his remarks br saying that the ,cliildreni : of ; the were mi a G-overnmeut oradle,! educated at the Government expense, at a Government school^ .•supported and fostjsred^in a tGoyemment, office, 'arid buried in .a GDyern«nent coffin, and tlrat'ihe'sbqn'er such a luxurious condition of thmgs~WM idone., away with the better, (daughter.) ' ' ' ! . „. Tji» motionufor- adjournment was then .■fi?®?^ to.; ' ." rr . ... -. v, ;