Pearls Parliament

Free Lance, Volume II, Issue 69, 26 October 1901, Page 14

Pearls Parliament

I KNOW nnself tint lona; ago on (lie diggings 111 some places the bo\s used to get to these ClniKv-e ((iiaitois and get to smoking opium, and I also know that this doe*> not wholl\ appK to boys, tor I know that some, of the other sex have also taken to it. — The Premier It was a mistake that '-o many people were put to the expense and trouble of coming to Wellington to protect against the provisions of this Bill It was promulgated by the; trade* unions It was admitted by a loader of the trades unions that it emanated f 1 om them, and the\ wanted the whole Bill and nothing but the Bdl -Mi Bollard • * • Most of the overtime is during tho winter months, and members will see how undesirable a thing it is that the>-e yoiinp' women should be emptied out cf the fa.ctoiios on to the daik stiects <t Wellington after nine o'clock at night to find their way to the summits of the hills in the suburbs of Brooklyn and Vogeltown, to say nothing of those at the New town end of the- district, where, in many ca^e.s, they are without male escorts to see them home —Mr Hutcheson. For instance, there fe the Atua, which is supposed to have come to New Zealand in the "Tainui " It was afterwards thrown into the Mokau Eiver by the Maoris, as a sort of charm to entice fish Some white vandal hooked it out of the river and, a& a consequence, there was a good deal of consternation among the natives It is stated in the distinct that during the time this stone god was out of the river the Maoris could not catch a single fish. The Government, I am told, took the matter in hand and, at, a result of their action in Ihe matter, the god was put back in the Mokau. when the Maoris got their .supply of hsh at, usual.— Hon. W Kelly

As far as Ins own views wore concerned, lie thought lepiosentatives of the Piesb should be admitted to an execution. — Minister ot Justice * • * New ZeaJand, in the mattei of Austialian federation, lias adopted, uhethoi lightly or wrongb, foi weal 01 for woe, a policy of isolation - -Mi Geo Fisher He would like to see that m the title of our King the woid 'colony" should be included He did not trouble himself about this State business it had too much of the Amenean about it, and he would tather, as a Britisher, be a colony. — Mr. Seddon.

For instance, some people regarded diunkenness as a crime, but, for himself, he did not so regard it, and there>fore he did not. want to make any m- \ uhous distinctions. — Mr. McGowan. * •» ♦ In tan ness to the Wellington lepiest'iitatnos, lie might say that he had always boon treated by them with the gioatest kindness and courtesy, and he wnb quite sure that no Auckland membv\ could say otherwise. He had nothing to say against Wellington, or the people of Wellington, because he liked Wellington and the Wellington people, and did not desire that they should be disfranchised. — Mr. Witheford.

I view with equanimity the advent of the day when the hours of work for factory employees will be reduced to fortyfour hours a week.— Mr. Hutcheson. • * • That this evil habit of opium-smoking is spreading can be proved at any time by reference to the- police records, and, to my mind, a drunkard or a gambler, as compared to an opium-smoker, is to be preferred. — Mr. Seddon. # * * The Factories Act, imperfect as it has been in the past, has done more real good for the body and mind and the material welfare of the people, I believe, than any other legislation we have on the statute-book. — Mr. Hutcheson. • • • He thought New Zealand had now attained to a position in which the term "colony" should be discarded. A colony meant a settlement of emigrants from the parent State who had settled upon foreign territory. Such a description was no longer applicable to this young "nation." —Mr. Napier. * » * The Italian Government absolutely prohibits the sale of these works of art to anybody outside Italy, determined that if any one outside Italy wants to study Italian art they must go to Italy to do it. Therefore, we are justified in saving that anyone who wants to study Maori art should come and study it in Maoriland.— Hon. W. ('. Walker. * * • The Maori carver of ancient days took no account of time. To carve a box cr anything else u ith him was a labour of love. It might take him half his lifetime to fashion a mere, or to> turn out a beautiful box to hold feathers. Only compare the Maori work of the present day with that of a hundred years ago I — Hon. Mr. Scotland.

tend against countnes producing similarly to oui selves., more cheaply and m gicatei quantity (as longer liouis aic woiked) we want to foiget that Jack is better than hib mastei and help the pool "boss along not foi his own sake, but foi the sake of the country of which we say we aie so pioud * • * New Zealand is not a countiy of capitalists, and in so fai as laboui legis'ation has hindoicd gam-getting foi a few it has done good woi k In pandenng howevci to a desue foi excessive leisuie, laboui legis'ation will ceitaiuly haini hci at some futuio time, when in the natuie of things tunes aic not so good A\e believe the woi king-man of this countiy will shoitly see the need for increased effort on his pait to help the whole clianot along, and not the hoises 01 the wheels only We do not want to set an example to the woi Id as a lazy people By the quality of oui productions, and by the quantity we must show to the woi Id oui fitness to be called t nation No nation has been made gieat by lying on its back the largci pait of the day and no countiy can affoid to tuin moncv dwdv for someone else to handle If we want a Paiadise, well and good theie aic plenty of bcttcu natuial clothes than fig leaves and we can lttrograde comfoitably but to niak^ it evident to the nations that then little sister jNW Zealand is striving foi a place amonrst them when she grows up, the child nation of the Pacific needs to hustle all she is capable of to sfct a better coveiing than fig leaves

Tho liulustiial Association held its annual dinnei in Godbor's Rooin.s, on Monday 21st October. Mi. Peter Hutson (president ot the Association) occupied the cliair. The Right Hon. tho Premier and Hon. W. C. Walker were present, while many apologies from politicians were read. In proposing the ' Parliament of New Zealand," the chairman touched on the importance of the 1 labour laws, and did not forget to mention the existing need for amendment He regretted the friction caused by somo of them, which he considered had driven away capital. • • « The Premier made gcxxl use ot his limited timci (foi he afteiwards attended the dinner of the First New Zealand Contingent Association) He held optimistic \iews legal ding the futuie calmness of industry in New Zoala.nd The woikeis of New Zealand could work oqualh well with the othet woikeis ot the woild. As e\ei he dcpiecated IM^simiMn, and instanced as a piogiosm\c reform tli(> onginal Factories 13ill hi ought in at the beginning of the se.sMini, and tho moaMiic a.s it now stood, pruned and pertcctod. ♦ • * The Hun W C Walkei, m the (ouise of his lemaiks eulogised the woik ol the Association, n hose aim it was to fo^tei uulustn and bung about commercial supieinacv Mr Samuel Hi own (onsideied that the laboui laws latels intHxlueed had been piopotK nipped in the bud arid that those likeK to pass would be mocuous (possibh b\ evasion) He evidently believed that New Zealand might show more ambition in producing finished articles from its raw materials, and piedicted the senous n\alr\ of the Aigentme Many other gentlemen <-poke pointedly on labour and laboui legislation Fortunate!\ aciimom was absent, songs were given bv talented local people, and the pioceedings weie, on the whole of a. pleasing chai,u-ter.

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