HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Otago Daily Times, Issue 222, 5 September 1862, Page 5

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

OTAGO & SOUTHLAND BOUNDARY BILL. SECOND BEADING. I FRIDAY, AUGUST 22. (FROM OCR OWX COSRESPONDENT.) Mr FITZGERALD ia moving the second r^dm*»of th>s Bit ?eutdown by the LigMui.e Council where it ha<i been introluced by tha Superintendent o 7 the Provi C2 of S>uthiaa i, D.\ Menzi&s, said, that troiii the information placed in his baa?is, it w,\a v very proper Siil. . He referre i at some length to rhe bo ndaries which existed, and likewise to a petition which had been receive.] on the subject, sisrued by a mimbsr of Kettlers in the district. His object wax to give to Southland a tract of land hing east of the Mataura River, included in the petition upon which, the 1 rovmee w,:s formed, but ex da led by tii-i Government from the Provinc?, the River Mafauni bain» made tlie boundary. He referred to lh« New Provice^ Act, anl dwelt upon the political and commercial luterests which the proposed measure ---volve--'-l G LLIES referred to the Act pa^oi in the last session for the apportionment by 'arbitration o? - the «jebt between the old aa-1 new Piurinces of Ota"O and Southland. At eo-isidera«e length he opposed the; motion. contending that the Houw shouK n* s consider a Bill of that lifttnre witbont full notise and ample opportunity being first eivea t"» Ot-t"i> ia order that tlr.-y inujht produce their^vidence a^tn^t su-h a.i uniair procet'di'H-. - He concluded liv iaovin" as an amendment that the Bill be reud a second tiai^ thas duv six months. Mr, STAFFORD wouM su;»,i-r the motion, but ho woa!d surest that the tv.-u (iovtrnineats in-tcre-ti.l shoal I enijiloy surveyors to report on the boaailarif-r, and bt their evllenee ?>? lai'i h-for> the H m*e th-next *«-io:i. It -.v:> 3 a question upon •ilnen tuey sUouU uctc^tne toa-iy ba-tv conclus on. tie had }!'-om'w.;d, a»d would hi oblig-i" to support the ?ecoa-i r-ruUug of the BPL The "V ATI VK M 1 XlSTZii,s.t c™=Hetsb!e len*tfi, supported the_f.e2ond readiu^ of the i>i 1. Mr. CAHL£T.;N €sprev;c*l his intention of votin* for the second r^a ling of the Bill. Mr. FiTZHEiiBKIT would vote asakigt tap motion. -Mr RUSSELL <=>iD-ort-d t*--. : .otj':, b.ii-r <-sli.fi d fu.ii u: rronftlo' cj ::i>.« w v- _tcos?'t~. tor an .tLtiv.'^i'j. -Mi*, i"X th'^vj* '■-"' ii»i! i",:i e "n I—tha1 —tha e'e-liOEU-ia;: ncf a p.i».:!e 8.1, t, • :_o, _• I. s ,i nmcnlr:i"i:t, t' at ■■ b3 r«""*rred v t.-j; _c, f j 'i ;ll ".i- g oa l':ivef Bi!f. to dct-'n i«. nb^n.er Ii ,a s tul'Jeor Aft-r a f• v i-.-aft'l:^ f m ".I . F-t2--rd!, i].« ar.i ndait.:^ <f M-. ? .-c -. t ;t i. , V:T Ifol'^s irJi--'. Tii»*ii'a«.*:ifj. iit wu'a _',vl-. ,-j -it a mj.jor!:,. ia _3 f < 12. Ti'viv.niit'.u'ii 'In* ih- fi.i! 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The rmn 'lllt of :'.._• m ~i sall^tx a^ '. *'• -1 -ii.« !,. T i,m->u -..d'.,. l Nd.i''-f-ir., wvied .•- , (:> ■.'•« ■-• lam lite «. -... ." Ii : mi*. li.'.vt: > .i-ii .ii - •••:■ nu- i'ti-.l f, ,v. Iti":..-:. -« i'!.i.»-ilaiU ,"n hi cs^ih'rci to in li IL o, --r, pr^- -. 'H l. 1 tli • ;imq >-t i>u fsi"n u^ \ .«. 1t > K.? ,/t 1"-\ t ► South',.!, I 1i ul that th j > jpsriutc '-■! V: or > ichI.iml liim«.-lf <--i\- iuasp-V! ;. t in o'i'. i-Kenivii hi« ja-t li-en vi-ry c-.'-iil. rjibly w^r *^ J j. i.-. s llou- ■, •' Tli'' di-t- i.'t ref. ire 11"» Isv mi -.\ Intero-u in e-"mmn v.it'i SiuthLui, hat t"i« r^Ac it-. v\ it object to :.nv attempt to j,v-i it, to S ut.'h-. i." *3ne such admission is worth any sUitements I nii^ht in-ike, and will doubtless "he w^ll we-:H-ed Wu.it iloes the Xe,v Pswincis Acs saf on tins subject. It demands that 4i three-tilths of t«e rvcri-tered electors enriitied U vote in die e'e;uou of members of the House of Eeprosontatives within the Province shuald be in favor of the movement.'' It is further s id that the features of the cDiintry iadieite that it should be united to Sou'siaui, a> ail its commercial tniusactions are wish the soiuh. This !s scarcely con>istt»at with laet. but ttaders are n.uv out for steuners for the couveyanceof oal t; voni the interior, and thus the strea » of iranlc wouU run iv its uarural and clieapest channel Steamers of tour feet draught can run up as far a« the Tuapeka which is close to tiie gold-tidds. But what is theehi«- a « t er of the country claimed ♦ it is we;! adapt*], in some measure, at a future period for asdeukunil purposes, remarkaWy well timbered, aud in jili probability th^ site of a future payable ff-ld-fieid. A.'ready Southland has relatively a much !arse proportion of agricultural landthaa Otago. and a£o of timber, bat she courts more still—land, timber, erold. Slioul.l, however, the question of au alteration cf boundarv'be entertsined at auy future porio«I, justice will deruiud thattlie nortlseru portion of Southiaad bs cut o*f iroiu it, and the ext=n>ion be in the direction of the west coast, if a river is a bad bouudarv. The argument holds equally good, either as it reiir.is the Mntaura as the Waiau. This question cannot be settle! until you hare iLxed. certain general principles. 10 it is of universal application If then it is desired to n--ar-niui^e the boundaries oi every Province, as some are indicated by parallels of latitude aud straight lines fi-o-n hill to lulls, not watershed, but no'mark or uu;ige, and having made it apply it without, partiJity. 1 liaye too much confidence in tJiis House, tv*> much confidence in an assembly oi Brltkh gentlemea to believe that the further disiaein»wnneut of Ot:mo will meet with auy favor until these principles at least are fixed and universally applied. I have too vivid a recollectio 1 of the ready and cheerful acquie cence ia the proposal made but the other day to give four additional members to the Province to apprehend tliar. in the hour of Ot3go's weakness, she will be stripped of her n«ht«, for this would dim the late generous acknowledgment that we are not proportionately represented. I leave the ease with confidence in the hanils of the House, and doubt not of the result. Mr. MANTELL spoke at some length in favor of the second reading of the bill. Mr. MOORHOUSti opposed the motiou. Mr. FITZGERALD briefly replied. The House divided on the seaond reading of the Bill *ith the following result:— Ayes, 13r—Carleton, Mantel!, Stafford Richmond, J. C, Kussell, Watt, Bell, Orinond, Aionro, Butler, Curtis, Atkinson. Fitzgerald (teller.) Noes, 23.—Uillies, Moorhouse, Taylor, W W., Cargill, Ward, v\ ilson, O'Rorke, Williamson, John, Dick, Williamsou, J:uncs, Graham, li., Oolenso, Taylor, C J., Fox, Harrison, Rhodes, Wells, Wood, Graham, G. t Ktzherbert, • Featherston, Carter, Eichardson (teller.)