PARLIAMENTARY (From "Star," Reporter} Wellington, August 13 to 15.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 291, 18 August 1888, Page 3

PARLIAMENTARY (From " Star ," Reporter} Wellington, August 13 to 15.

VILLAGE SETTLEMENTS. The Cabinet has been unable, in consequence of the native obstruo tion, to find time to consider the village settlement proposals from Auckland. The matter is, howe\er, not bein^ losb sight of. The Pioinicr i- understood to be favomablc. The JNJini^tcr of Lands has heard bo many conflicting accounts ot the settlements that lie pioposos to £0 Noith with Mr Mi'chcl^on immediately the bCP^iou is over and visit them. The Premier will al*o go later on when the summer weather sots m. It is probable that mcmbeis will bo m Auckland some time during the lecoa

DR. ME"\ZIES UNWELL. The Hon. Pi. Men/ios, who recently returned to his homo in Southland is sufioiing from conirestijn of the lungs and obhor oomplications. Hi- i ondicion causes hit. friends some uneasiness.

OUR MINING EXHIBITS AT -MELBOURNE. Another meeting of the (loldheldi Committee was held to - da\ relative to the N.Z. mining exhibit 1 -. The haming of a report on bhi> question was deferred until We.lna-.da;), but it was arranged that the Chairman of the Committee should inotHcially communiiare with the authoiioics in the diiluont mining centres of the colony with the mow of ascertaining whether liu-oc "samples of ore can be obtained and to Melbourne. in order to and to the atu actions ot the mining; exhibits?.

THE EDMONDS CLAIM. Mr Thompson -was hnally informed to-day that the Government aie not able to do anything in theclai.n on account 01 the late S. J. Edmonds. Tlic ca.-*e ha^ been tuli_\ gone into, and it does not appear that the vessel was chaitored either by or for bheCiovernment.

CORPORATION LEASEHuL DS. I understand that next, Thin relay's " Gazette " will contain an official nofcihoation blinking 1 the ooiouyh or Auckland under the operation ot the Local Bodies' Povveis and Finance Act. This will^ive the City Council pow ci to grant icliei to their tenants by reducing the iout» ot Corporation leaseholds when desirable.

MR GOLDIE AND HIS PRINCIPLES. Mr Goklio was asked to propose die to;u-b j of " The Press" at the protectionist banquet the other evening:, but lof used to do jo, on the ground that his principles would not permit him to ask anyone present to charge his glass with intoxicating liquor.

AUCKLAND HARBOUR IMPROVEMENT BILL. The amendments made by the Legislative Council in this Bill were a^ieed to in the Lower Hou&e j'esterdaj", on the motion of jNIr Peacock, who said the cftuct ot the alterations was simply to lea\e out the name of the Roman Catholic Bishop and to make the Bill an enabling one for the exchange of land. Tlii? Bill and the Kjrai-mtwahia Ccmeteiy Recedes Bill now only await the absent 01 the (Governor to make them law.

TE AROHA RAILWAY DRAINS. Dissatisfaction has been e\ preyed tor some time past by settlers on the banks ot the Thames River at Hikutaia on account of the filling up of outfall drain* from the Tharues-Te Aioha railu ay, causing inundations of the neigh bom in<_r fauns and the local school giounds. Thi* feeling has found expression in a petition to the Minister for Public Works, signed by Me>sr>> Alley, McFlinn, and others, asking that provision may be made in the ne\t con ti act for the deepening of the ditches, which were originally fi\e feet in depth, but have now shallowed in place-, to two feet. jSIr Cadman has fovwai ded the petition to the Government, and urged that attention be given to the grievance.

CARLTOX HOTEL LICENSE. The last "Gazette''conbain> a notice of the cancellation ot the club licence held by the Cavlton Hotel, Newmarket. The reasons foi this action are also given.

THE COSTLEY HOME. I belie\e it is the intention of Mr Golclie to ask the Minister of Education on Wednesday next whether the trustees, oi the Costley Training Institution aie maintaining out of the funds at their disposal the full nurabei 1 of children that then income would warrant. If not, will the Government ascertain the leason, and if it should be because theie is not a su'lieiency of children at> Kohimarama ht to be apprenticed, will the Government take steps to have an alteration made in the Costley Training Institution Act by which younger children might be taken inco theinstitution and maintained until old enough to be apprenticed, and thus save the ratepayer from burdens which the Costley bcejugjat if utilised to its fullest extent would relieve ?

AUCKLAND MIKING EXHIBITS. One intention of the Government with regard to the representation of Auckland at the Exhibition ]& co send one ton of ordinary quartz from each of the principal Northern mining centres of New Zealand — the Thames, Coromandel, Waihi, Karantrahake, and Marototo — paying all the eo&b oi freight from the mine. The idea is lhac the stuff shall be a fair sample, and thai any mining experts visiting the Exhibition shall have full liberty to take small quanli ties from the parcel for testing purpose-^. The absurd proposal that any exhibitor sending valuable specimens ohall be required to guarautee payment of duty should they not be retained is, to be abandoned.

SMALL PASTORAL RUNS. Some doubt is entertained a.s to whether the amendment made by the Legislative Council in the Laud Act Amendment Bill directing small pastoral runs to be dealt with in accoi dance with Part 6 of the original Act is mandatory or optional. Canterbury members are desirous that the latter should be law, and at a meeting held yesterday morning Messrs Rhodes, McGregor and Perceval were appointed a committee to wait upon the Minister of Lands to ascortain the position. It seems that the Solici-tor-General considers the ruling of the section makes it mandatory, but the (<overnraent are willing that it should be optional, and will amend bhe Act accordingly if the other law officer of the Crown considers it necessary.

, NEGLECTED CHILDREN. Within the 5J years ending 31st March Jast, no fewer than 1,500 children were committed to th-3 Industrial schools of the colony on magisterial orders: .

FROZEN MEAT EXPORT. Mr Hutchison is urging the (government to consider the advisability of introducing next session a Bill having for ifcs objects the enforcing of uniiormily of marking frozen beef and mutton exported from the colony so as to prevent frauds in the English markets,.

I MIDLAND RAILWAY. Mr Sccldon intonds to ask tho Minister of Mines and Lands, as the contract for tho Midland Railway has now boon signed, will ho take immediate steps to have 750,000 acres of lnimny reserves, or so much of the same as is immediately required for miniiHT purport-, tot apart and withdrawn from the selection by Company.

THOSE MINING EXHIBITS. Correspondence which was laid before the House yesterday, lekithoto tho mining exhibits at Melbourne Exhibition, shows that on the 6th of Foluumy last the Secretary of tho Commitesionciia wiolo to the aMmo Department, asking whether the jVlmi.-tc) would see the ropr mentation of tne mining indusfc. y dealt with in tho Department, or whether he would piofei the Coiiiinis»siuneii> to lake it in hand. The tcply ot r.he Uadoi -Secret. iry was to the eileel that it was intended' to Ua\e the matter to fche CJomuii^^ioneif , the Mintb l)e[),u .ment nieiely lending 1 .such .specimens as were m their t ('>^e~^ion.

AATI YE LA T\ I > T II AN SAC !T J O NS. Some sovious accvjtationb wove nuulo la^-l. nii>hfc ic&pectinu native land piucha-e mabtcifc.. JNlr Kel y as.-oted that ib \ui& notorious in the Hay of L'lcnty that nalhcs? recened money* on arconnf uf land-, and then when the block came before the Court had the n -nic* or oiiiei nativeb in-cited insfceud o (lien own <m^ owneis so at- to dohand tiie (io\ eminent. Mr C'anoll 10toitecl that, the tact was, the (U)\oi inne.-it a<ionis j. «iitl mom\v wroriLfullv, i cpi- v-j(.nt-niji it a^ bojn'4 1 foi land when in icality ib was tor ot.hu 1 .soi\icp\ Thoic weio many ca-^e-* v. licic the native"and (.! )imnNttonoi^ acted in conceit .-o a- to tl-Uaiul the t-Joxetnmoni. Tlic Picinici I said the lion. h,i- m odl', as wlion land came beto.c the Comb ib had to lie -houn that the mnncv wat. paid foi and, and not. foi

VOLUNTKEK LAND CLAIMS. Qiuto a. nuvnbei ot .nenibeit aio lntetc-c-inj4 theinsehes in this mult or. Mi Why to 'jiivo notice ye&toidny to ns-k the Piemicr whetlur in view of the 1 election ot the Na\al nml Alilitaiy ScLtloit. and Yoluntecib Laiid Bill b^ the Lo<iis-lafci\o Council, the Uo\cinmenc u ill appoint a. eomim^ioii to inquiu into the claims ot \ohinLopi.^, etc., chiiini: die icte-.». Air JSlaieliant ua\o notice ioi t!ic appointment ot a Committee to seal eh the teeoi.^ of t\v Le^i'.latno Council with u^.nd to the JJill in qne-tion. Colonel Fia-sci ib ul-.n asking the intontions ot (!o\ eminent on the -atne oiibjeut. j

Mil JOHN LL'XDON'S PETITION. A petition i\n-> piesjiited j.oloida>, on beliali o\ Mr John London, foi seiweec tendered in connect iun with the establishment of \illage .-'Cttkinent-, \\ fuca toimed the f-übjeet of li\ o!y debates la-<tM>Mon. Mr Lundon .-ays la? en«aLfemcnt was the result of a convocation with Mr Ballanco in the Star ilntel,i Intel, Auckland.- He wat to recehehis expenses, but no <-alai y. The Comniis-uoner of Crown Land- p.if-ed a voucher for e\jien-e- afc I' 2& 6d per da\ from the llt'n of May, 18b6, to the 15bh of June, 1887, and it was, a<«i^nfld to the National Bank, but \\a s letiuned dishonoured. TJic amount was i' 2.10 12s 6d. He was willing to deduct i'lo paid in mistake to Mj--s Lundon ; I' 6 80 2d tor property fca\ pud on his account without his knowledgeand £40 icceived thiet month* aftei the voucher \\tis di-honouied. The 1250 did not include CB3 16s Id, nione\? paid out of h>- own pocket. lie pia^s foi the payment of the money, with bank mteirst added.

THE .MIXING BILL. The Altoi ney (iVneuil hnb nd\i-*ecl the (io\ei i.meul lint it tiio .Mining Bill f oe> back Lv tlic Council it atan<K a j^oufl chance of heinji hniitr up. 1l ih theiofoio \ciy jiiobablc that the amendment's made by them will be Jigieed to. BILLS Jb'ROil THE COUNCIL.

Two of the (Jo\ erninunG Bills weie icceived liom the Council jeatciday. The amendments made in the Land Act Amendment Bill were agreed to. The Minister for Lands .said that the alteration of the word " shall " to " may,"' in the 10th clause, as lequestod by the Canteibury incmbcis, would be made as a consequential amend

mcnc. The Ministei foi Lands, moved, " That the Hous-e diwi^ieca with the amendments made by the Le«islafci\e Council in the Mining Act Amendment Bill, and that Messrs Oiimmond, Seddon, and 11. H. R^e\cs be appointed a Committee to draw up leasons." After some dis.cu.sfcion the debate adioumed till to-day on the motion of Sir Cieoigo Grey, in order that the native^ who are affected by the amendments should hi^e time to consider them. NATIVE BILLS.

The Native Lands Fiaud J J x c\ cubion Act Amendment Hill and .Maori Real Estate Management wete passed through Committee with amendment?. An attempt was made by Mr I'uifcL to deprive tuistco oi the power of sale of property, buL the motion was negatived by 20 to 13. The Bills were passed through their final .stages JOTTINGS.

Mr Cadman ha& received fiom the Chaiiman ot the Ohinomuii County Council and icr.\ aided to the Mini* tor of Ju.stice tin oiler for ohe n^o or tl)e new County o/heefa for the ])urposc of holding sittings ot the aen h Coui tat Pjioroa. It is likely that ruiangcments will bo made ior 1 o^ulai sitting there.