Pearls From Parliament.

Free Lance, Volume II, Issue 72, 16 November 1901, Page 6

Pearls From Parliament.

IF tht' Prenuei could get a billet of ioOOO he Mould not bo hero a* £lfiOO — Fred Pimm's methtations. • * I have nevei boom vei v sympathetic with monov-londeis Hon J M Twomov • * I sa\ the labout parts should bo caretul hi the belection ot leaders, -the level best men should bo selected, so^that labour should not be 'put auav In visionaries and schemers —Hon V\ Jennings # # If tin Maons aro munoral m then sexual relations so were the J*™ 1*"1 *" kings and lawgivers Tho Maori chiefs and" leaders I have found to be men ot their word, and a*, a rule . %er% agreeable neighbours -Hon Thomas Kelly • • • Maori men can take a wife during their pleasure and discharge her when tired of her, and they are not Jiimtod to one wife In some ea&t* a INative has more than one wife and I do not think that in our civilisation we should justif\ polygamy —Hon John Rigg • • • The dangerous nature of the incline the discomfort of a trip through tuniieN in which lights were extinguished and passengers and live-stock almost suffocated, and the large and piofitable traffic weio all solid aigumonts win tho deviation «hould be started at once Mr Ho°-e on the Rimutaka trip • • • I think some means might bo devised toi reducing the rate of interest -charge Some honourable members ma\ regard Lt as a "fad" of mine, but if the\ will bake the trouble to go through tho pages of 'Hansard" thov will see that I haw a good mam fads" and that I have not snnph one idea mmv head Mr That reminds me of an incident ulatmq to Sir George Grey On one ensi on Mr H M Smith the member mi New Ph mouth, w arnod Sn Geoi »v Gr"\ of a trap that was beinec laid F oi l.'m wlien Sir Georere according to Mi^ m^ision of Mr Smith leplied m his court 1\ w.n 'Look l\eu\ Smith. I a-Fom to be 'ad that w n " Goo Fishei in i lemnnscent mood • • * Mr Pirani I notice that the Mini— t>ors ne\er p.n a \ lsit to tlu To Kapu block, up at Huntoi\ille dunng t-ho-ii peregrinations Mr Seddon Which wa\ do \ou go to it p , , Mr Pirani God onl\ know^ with A balloon, I think • • * A good old custom has disappeared of tato \ears,. under w lucli it was cousideied n<>c« i ssar\ that the Goveiumetit should express an opinion on o\ er\ pn\ate Bill that was mtroduced Such a provision is wise, and it is a rosoonsibilt\ that tho Government ought to take It is the onh check w< ha\» on local legislation wheie there i<^ too much ' pa-s m\ Rill and T will pa<-*-vours " Hon Mi Bow en • • • Two authonties on oui detent oMr. Millai said it was a fact that at Otago Heads the guns could not b< d<piessed sumcientlv to touch an\ hobtil. vessel that might be coming m The money that had been hitteiod aw,n might lust as well have been thiow'i fiom the end of the wharf Mr Merothth said all tin money that had boon spent on the fortification^ might Hist as well have been pitched into the sea All the talk about an invading aimv was meie moonshine and nonsense • » * Instead ot consulting Ameiican and Canadian experts the mones will hi more wiseh expended in giving <in <\- cur-ion to inembois of the House to the Otna Gorge so that they ma\ m» toi themselves w here it i& niopostd to mak< this tunnel If meinbeis weio to ■.« i that distnrt I ventuie to wn i-h.it - w n the South T^land u piesontativ es who h*\v for veils been adv ooaTing th> work would ltiinu diatelv say DiopU it is time we stopned this folly It there 111 1 - to b(^ a means of communication ov ci the lottv lancrts m add-on to tho roach T would tint it should be hv moans of navreable hdll(»i>is Mi Hoga goes for tho Midland I? 'ilvvay.

\Y< the Maou inhabitants <uul tin I uropean inhabitants of tins Island ba\e lned side b\ «ide toi a \ei\ lonu. Hint 1 now and duiing the uho!e ot Hppeiiod that «f ha\o bwn living toijethei what have the Kuioptans been doma bur talcing advantage ot ih Claims M\ Xaihan * * # It \\v pas^ this Hill it is abtvulutih putting a kinfr into oui o\mi boioni- 01 into the bosonis of oui own niotluis It it is not smcidt it is matiuidt Him oui able nieinbeis ma\ lauah but thijs. honourable meinbeis \\ oukl hi onl\ ton glad to see in kill ouisehe- and om motile) s too Ot coium tlie\ ait laughing all tlu turn up tlu 11 ss t anfl some ot those u lio we thought u< it our friends arc pla\ mg their game The Munfctei toi Frimntion pc uhna hn ( onediation

\li Ci W Ruh&oLl -Do I undei-tand rite right Jionouiablo gentleman ha 1 -, been united to the Coronation? Mi Seddon said if such a statement .i- that had appealed it wai simpK due ro the mid and powerful imagination i,<^ gentlemen \ei\ much like the honoinahl<' niembei toi Riccarton Theie had been no foimal imitation sent <o tai all'i kneu

I believe, myself, it would be au ad\antage to the Maoris if some of them were landless and obliged to go to work like- their pakeha bi others, do Mr Hornes • • • Mr Sedclon said he was not at all anxious to get rid of members Tlu-ie w a.s nov er the eiad of a session that he did not miss them The Premier in a jocul-u mood * * ♦ W< have to pas tor tlie sms ot oui fathers and the fathers of this Council and the men who made the colony, no doubt, made mistakes One of the big mistakes made was the mistake of tho Father of Wellington uiMstiiie on taking the. raihva\ ovei the Rimutak.i That is a mistake we have to suffer from Ho M W C Walker * * • It is a dut\ ot Parliament to launch e\pei lmental legislation but I say their greater dun is to m\ mind, to destro\ and sweep awa\ exploded fallacies Insstead of that we find the Hon the Native Minister introducing legislation which if he had his own wa\ if he was not the phonograph of the Piemier- he would not touch with a pan of tongMr. A L D Fraser. • • * He did not think this would be destructive to the Act bv any means and hi' considered it wat a great blot m tile Act that thus provision wa* not included m the first instance. Suieh it was .1 proper thing thai people should be compelled to support then aged parents He was not one of those who think that because people have meielv a moderate living the-v should be called upon to do so but there were a laige number of f.urlv well-to-do people who would not shell out ' Hon Cieo McLean on OUI Age Pensions

I must sa> that the proposals of the Minister for Public Works have almost knocked me speechless. — Mr. Fowlds' plaintive preface to an oration. I look on the gambling evil as one ot the greatest curses in this or any other country, and I shall be glad of anvthmg that can be done to put it down — Sir J (! Ward. • * • I feel now , sir, that it is about tame we should 'get a move on." with this Bill. The Native Minister piloting the Melon Lands Administration Bill through the House • • * After what His Kxcelleuc\ had done in furthering the best interests of the rolom, he thought it would be better to let am him instead of having some strange nobleman to occupy the position who would have to learn it all anew • — The Premier • • • If conciliation is good the people have had time to assess its> value and if they find it valuable they will make use of it in future as thej have done heretofore But, if the} find it is a nuisance to them, are you going to jam it down f heir throat*, whether the;* like it or not J That is exactly what you are endeavouring to do now - -Hon J. M Tw ome\ . • • • The Ministers are not practical coalniiners They ma\ have good men no doubt, undei them and the> have the advantage of being able to bring a large '•apital to bear upon the undertaking lut the\ are in no way lesponsible for am loss of mone\ there may be m the event of the mine not turning out the success the\ hope it will If they lose monn they cannot be called on to make aood the losrs. — C lutha Thomson on the State Coal Mine