EVENING SITTING.

Southland Times, Issue 945, 4 May 1868, Page 2

EVENING SITTING.

The Speaker took the took the chair at 7.30. ; Present r Messrs Blaeklock (Pro- ! vincial Treasurer), Ross, Swale, Johnston, Armstrong, Daniels, Dalrymple, Howell, Hodgkinson; Monckton, Cuthbertson, Basstiari, Clerke, Lumsden, Calder, Louguet, and Swale. BRIDGE OVER. THE ORAWIA. Mr Oothbeetson. in moving, "that a respectful address be presented to^his Hopor the Superintendent, to : cause a sum of £500 to be placed, on the Estimates for the purpose of erecting a bridge across the Orawia River in the "Waiau district, and of effecting other repairs on the roads in that district, which, are immediately requisite," •- said he was sure the Council would vote the address without much rersuasionfrom him, aathedis-

brict wag well known to - r naV«|piw|^ ,r.s * hitherto totally . negt^ct^ not ojie .^ farthmg^smn^e^tl^^itmf it, whereat* , v^ it had Contributed^ very i largo :swm| j •? (£80,000) to "the laid revenue. Thet ; J ford where tlie; bridge^ was^ required, wa* -'^ a very dauggr^us one, being flooded afc., , very uncertain and times, mmLhad very nearly been the. scene of several serious nceiilents. : "- The- Peoyixci.«3- admitted^ that the district added . largely to the revenue, and was willing the vote' should pass,' oii "We tmder'atanding—'thair j tho-'j money should not be spent otherwise than under the direction of- the - Engi- - neer. ':..:'■■ ■:'■ ■.-.■•. .- :<l- r \ H^'i. Mr Daniels seconded the motion, which was carried. ...... MESSAGES FROM HIS HONOR. Messages were received . T from the Superintendent intimating that, in compliance with the wish of the Council, there -• should be placed on the Estimater'tfieS following sums, — £120 for repairing Eiverton streets, £200 for culverts between Otautau and "Wreys Bush, \rad 7 < £250 for improvements to the Invercargill cemetery, — also- th it reserves Bhould be made for a college endowment fund and for an accomodation-house near the Otamita Creek. t , < >" ;- . ■r •- Dr Hodgkiis'sos', in moving " that a respectful address be presented to h:8 Honor the Superintendent, requesting him to cause to be placed on the esti-' mates a sum of £150 for erecting a sub-"" stantial bridge over jthe Waiinutuku River, at the most^suitable crossing above high water mark>"^ refered to seveK«\ < .saivc- cr* - vrkujjivchad _ already, occurred afc this dangerous crossing ; ihe great benefit which a Bridge \ would be compared 'with; the very trifling sum .it would, cost. The Provincial Tbtsasttreb hadbeeii? informed f thafr afoot bridge would meer present requireinentsi but Grovernnaenfe. would.not object to the sum being. voted ,_ on tlie isame conditions, as,. the preyious item. .: .. ; „.:..". . : t . . . ■'./.. Mr CijTHBEUTSOJr, thought the f: differi : enco' between the two descriptions *©f bridges would be so trifliug; ihat.j.tbejbetfer have the larger oneat once/ , . . „...;; Dr HoDOHa^sox said the bridge, was as much required; for the con«enience,of the,, coach and othejr vehicles, as foi* foot traffic, and believed the 'small sum 1 asked for would T)e"suflieieiiK'~'" T """'' ~-~~=^"~-- . Mr Daniels Seconded the motion which was carried. . .. . '■■.•■ • .Mr Cuthbeetson, in moving, "that a respectful^address be '_presenVed-".i6- his Honor the Superintendent,, prayjng. .that, the sum of- £1800 be placed - on:.the estit mates : fop paying- the-clai in- o f Jthe_Bank of New South "Wales ., re negotiation of Southland Debentures," thought that the motion" wbuldbe" agreed tor~withou<7 m uch explanation' Ais they claim:] had been, recognised by the Council on two previous occasions, but had not been paid although - passed 'uhdefc ''the' i 7 last ' Lia;biliKe's/Go'dfirniafcion Ordinance as a claim due |under the " Southland Debt. Act." ' ■;'.•■-■•'•• Mr Calpeb wished it explained how a sim&ar claim on the part of the Bank of -£togg T ?i«-Ll>opi n me * -H*i]fl t,Tn> one warn sliTTunliquidaMr -- - = i i ) O';;— The PjEOYiNCiAii Tbeastjbeb explained that while bpth sums had been, included under ■ ' the • ; Sputtland - Debt .' A^ 'the Auditor- General had allowed the- claim of the Bankpf £)tago because the ProvincialGovernment had previously acknowledged it 'as virtually a "compensation claim for the 1 ] oss of tho Government account; -■ bXit as no consideration- for compensation eritered into the claim jpf • the. Bank New Sputh -Wales, Dr^^ighii, Jiad not passed it. The Govern'mentj liftwever, would not object tptheitem being passed, as the Council liad already acknowledged it. ■ ' ■'■■ ■ - .::<■'■: ; -„ 7 i7,^-7: '' Mr Cjlt-deb did not think the explanation, sufficient, and^objected to motions of * this nature being brought on by private members. It was clearly a matter which the. Government, should have introduced. If the' motion were carried byihe' Cpimcfl , it would be a ba&L precedent. He "wotu'd oppose the motion on public grounds, -. although he believed the item was quite ri g% ,m ■?*. --■-„?!■ - .tv-. „ After some further discussion, the motion was allowed" to be withdrawn on the understaridingthat Government ehpuld bring it forward at next sessions y. -i .;<:. Mr Pea-esoit asked the G^overnment when it intended to call the next meeting of tHe* Council?' He said he wished 1 " to knoWi- because, if it would not occur in " time -to allow of business then brought forivar.d being carried, to Wellington, in time for the next sitting of the Assembly, heiwould, at this session, bring forward a series of resolutions relative to immigration, as suggested. by him. . . The Peotincial "Teeastjeeb could not state the exafeu day, but assured the Kon. member that a sitting would be held; in time for the next session- of the Assembly. Mr CuTHBEBTSOsy referring to some opi nions expressed by -him «t the; previous sitting, when the ; subject o f the sulphur cure in pleuro-pneumonia :^;as before the Hojase, said that he had wn^e'Jbund that . he was inerrorj the cure ; b'emg"-a" IY«r]r1 Y«r]r effective one, J though applicable chiefly to cattle accustomed to the stable or -dairy cattle, as it could -only, be ; administered in a house. . Mr CiiTHBEETSoif brought l up the loyal address to Her Majesty,; suggested in his Honor's opening speech, which a select committee had "been appointed/" to draw out. The address was, after a*ltttle discussion, adopted intact. Mr M' Oltibe got the standing jrules suspended, to vote an address,; asking adonation of £50 for. the Benevolent Society. Messages from Hia,, .Hojior ..were received sanctioning the.pliac.ing pn 7 the estimates. £2so for a bridge over the'Opio creek," £60 for a bye-iroad tb" the Biverton fioUr mills, and £25" for improviug 'the ground at the butts of the Riverton Volunteers^ '- : ' - ■■ : - iDr HoJ)GKnrsoif asked, £,25 , ta.; be placed on the estimates as salary to a clerkito the bench at Biverton/ which

Was refused on the ground that the matter belonged solely to fie General Government. ....-, : „ The House then went into committee on the " Appropriation Bill, No. 2, 18G8,' : "With the Exception of one item, £100 for removing the railway shed at Invercargill, which was . struck out, the Bill was ra istd as printed, .with the addition of £27,000 for the Oreti railway, and £38 • 12s 21, balance to Governors' Eeeeption Committee afEiverton. The " Of£}ti Ferry Reserve Leading Bill " was also passed in committee without amendment. "Messages from His Honor were read, authorising the placing on the estimates the following sums : — £soo. for a public BchooLin Invercargill* £500 for a bridge over the Orawai and roads in the same vicinity, £150 for a bridge over the WaimatulvU, and £50 for the Ladies' Benevolent Society. This concluding the business of the session, the House, on the suggestion of Mr Swale, adjourned pro forma for five minutes, when it was re-assembled, and passed the third reading of, the Appropriation and Oreti Ferry Bills. The house then adjourned until the 14th inst., to be prorogued by proclamation in the interim.