PARLIAMENTARY.
[Own Correspondent.] House of Representatives. Wellington, October 7. First Headings, The House met yesterday at 7.30. The Consolidated Stock Bill was read a first time. Second Readings. The Impounding Bill was read a second time. Mr. Ballance moved the second reading of the West Coast Settlement Reserves Bill. Mr. Hakuene asked that the second reading be postponed until the bill was translated into Maori. After a brief discussion Mr. Ballance consented to postpone the second reading till Wednesday. Third Readings. The Registration of Births Extension Bill, and the Slaughterhouses Act Amendment Bill were passed through committee and read a third time and passed. Committee of Supply.
On the motion for going into committee of supply, Mr. Macandrew moved “ That as one of the chief advantages to be derived from the establishment of direct steam communication with the United Kingdom would be the conveyance of letters at a postal charge not greatly in excess of the actual cost of transit, that Government be requested to take such action as may best conduce to this result.”
Sir Julius Vogel said such a scheme was impracticable, and advised Mr. Macandrew to withdraw the motion, as it was quite possible the Government would shortly make proposals to the House with a view of taking advantage of the direct steamers now trading between Great Britain and the Colony. Mr. Macandrew withdrew his motion.
The House went into Committee of Supply on the estimates. The following items passed without discussion :— Customs Department, £42,592. Marine and harbors. £33,989. On the vote for Hinemoa, £2,500,
Mr. Hursthouse moved that it be expunged, and that the steamer be sold to the highest bidder. He regarded the Hinemoa as a pleasure yacht for members, and totally unfit for the services for which she was required. Sir Julius Vogel argued that the Hinemoa had done good service. The vote was passed by 60 to 13.
Stamp Department, £7,341; Lands and Deeds Registry Offices, £19,625; Miscellaneous Services, £525; Postal and Telegraph Department (General Postoffice), .£7,463; Chief Offices and Sub-Offices, £114,908 ; Cable Subsidies, £5,350 ; conveyance of mails by sea, £66,140 ; conveyance of inland mails, £26,385; carriage of mails by railway, £1,000; Education Department : Head Office, £2,581; Public Schools, £286,235; Native Schools, £14,500; and Deaf and Dumb Institution, £2,265, were passed unchallenged. On the vote for Industrial Schools, £15,921,
Mr. Turnbull gave a deplorable account of certain of these establishments which he had witnessed. He had found children actually destitute of clothing. Messrs. Stout and O'Callaghan denied that such a state of things existed. The vote was passed.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 254, 7 October 1884, Page 2
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