PARLIAMENTARY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 189, 7 August 1873, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

Wellington, August 6. The Premier said that the payment of £1500 was expected from Colonel Fielding when 10,000 acres would be conveyed to him. Mr Bathgate said ad valorem duties were collected on the total invoice and ten perdeniradded thereto. Mr J.E. Brown gave notice of motion that no San Francisco service will be satisfactory unless Melbourne is the port of arrival in Australia, and -Wellington in New. Zealand. , In reply to Mr Harrison, Mr Bathgate said the Government intended to enfofece tfhie " Gold-£el&f Salaries Act" regarding the bailiff o f Q re w ' mouth. • • - ■ . i ,l In reply to Mr Shqehan, the Ml . said that entirdy neVsurveyii ' -f^f^Jl *? f the extension of the Kaipa*' *l ad t0 be madf ; ° Bills were read a flraf! -a railway, relating to the wa> * time, to amend the law / Otago situate in*' - c lands of that portion of "' Port Chalrae*" «'ne late Province of boutmand; V library- A' -S water- works; Canterbury public timber" ..rms Act Amendment. I860; floatage of anc» ' down tidal creeks ana rivers; Rwngitikei . Maoawatu Crown grants. The following returns were ordered :—'Liabilities incurred under the water supply vote since June la«t; amount of light dues collected in the Province of Auckland, and the amount expended on lighthouses vr the same province; copies ot papers relative to the recently established coach line from Napier to Tauranga; returns ordered of protective and pre-emptive rights granted or refused in Patea district to Europeans or half-castes, shewing claimants, sums of money, and number of acres claimed. Atkinson moved for a copy of the evidence taken in the late inquiry into the grounding of the Ladybird. He said he had been (informed that. the captain was intoxicated. It was the duty of the Government to see that those holding certificates were competent. No man once drunk on duty should hold a certificate. Pity was due to the passengers and sufferers, but not to such a man. Mr Reynolds said no charge* had been laid against the Captain, and Government were therefore unable to hold an inquiry, and therefore had no evidence to give. Mr Hunter said his experience proved that inquiries' were useless, because nothing further was ever done. Many accidents had recently happened, all the result of sheer carelessness. The only way to che ck it was by making an example. Major Atkinson said the House would be glad to hear the Government promise an investigation; if not, he would again trouble « he House with the matter. Mr Reynolds said the Government would inquire, if they had the power. Perhaps they would ask the House for power. Sir J. C. Wilson said either the passengers had •done great wrong in depriving the Captain of hig

c °™°°sS3hflft %* >> t3aptain had done wrong to dewas a grave matter Bomewhere demanding an enquiry: Mr tiickie, ilaid the matter was proof of the necessity for a public prosecutor. Mr Stafford strongly supported Mr Hunter. The Government should obtain the power if it had it not. Mr Sheehan said as one of the passenger in the Ladybird he knew the inquiry was promised. The fac^; relating to the grounding were easily i authenticated. -. • A Select Committee on the Prisons Bill was appointed. The petition of the Chancellor and ViceChancellor of the University ol Otago was ordered to be printed. Mr Steward moved the second reading of Deceased Wife's Sister's Bill. Mr O'Neill moved the second reading that day 6ix months. Mr Yogel, as a private member, opposed the bill. The discussion was interrupted by the dinner hour, The report of the Annuities Commissioner shews £13,976 added to the gross income of the department, exclusive of £2.453. The claims were £2,800, except disputed claim, £2,000. The cost of management was decreasing. The £2,000 advanced to the department at the outset had been repaid during the year. The balance to credit of the department on 30th June last was £36,801. The total money received was £57,100. Insurances granted, £1,085,649. The endowments granted, ,£6,500, Annuities, £950. August 7. In the House last night Mr Fox moved the second reading of the Licensing Act Amendment Bill. Ho spoke for an hour and half, entirely advocating the permissive clauses. Mr Clark, of Auckland, seconded. # Mr Batbgate advocated licensing by commissioners, and heavier licensing fees. Mr Thomason opposed the Bill. Mr Bunny supported it, and would support the permissive clauses in the Bill, not because he believed in them, but because if people liked to deny themselves there was no harm in allowing it, He liked the other parts of the Bill. Messrs Katene, Karaitiana, and Cuthbertson supported the Bill. Mr Yogel supported it, but said the argument for the people having the licensing in their own hands was unsound as a Licensing Court was one of Justice, and Courts of Justice should be presided over by nominees not by elected men. Me MeGillivray supported the Bill which was read the second time on the voices. The discussion on the Deceased Wife's Sister marriage bill was read the second time on a division of 25 to 15* The Justices ot the Peace Act Amendment Bill was read the second time. To-day a petition was presented from the Dunedin Licensed Victuallers Association agpdnst the Justices of the Peace Act Amendment Billl. A petition was presented from Westland for a railway to Canterbury. The Auckland Water Works Bill was read, the first time.

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