THE NATIVE BILLS.

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

THE NATIVE BILLS.

Tilh m?coikl pail of thcobstiuulne iviluimiiriCL 1 , coinmc'ieud on Fnday nigh I by Sydney Tain liau»d and othoi-, was enacted yesterday atbernoon, when business beiran with the cont>idciation in Committee of the Native Land Comb Act, 1886. Amendment Bill. It lnul been };i\C(i out -dunnj; the day tluio Ssdncy liad detei mined to a^din_ '• jnewall," and it -\a^ undcistood thai if he periled in eanyiny; out hib intention^ some dbci->i\o action would be jnoposed by the (>'o\cinmcnt with a\ieu to ha\ino the bu-incst oi the eountij carried on.

CONVEYANCES BY NATIVES. On clause 2, uiowding how cet tain conveyances by natives ot kind not held by Clow n giant may bo loifUtoied, being calle.i on, 'Mi Hutohis-on piopo.scd an amendment v. Inch he churned w ould ha\ c the oflect of extending the opci.ibion of the section to cases where less than the ,vholc numbei ot owners, .sign the deed. This amendment the Picmier declined to accept, as it would legalise a vcty large number ol'tian^actions which were, to bay the leasr, doubttul. This class of ca^cs would ha\e to be met by a bpecuil pio\ision, and hee\pic&sed his iccidine-.s to conbidci the propiicty of m&ertiij,^ feuoli jiio\ii>ion in tiie piescnt Bill An oiler b> Mr Hutchison Lo alter his amendment so that it should apply only to future transactior.b, leaving pa^t transactions to be .sepataloly dealt with, was accepted by the Premiei.

SYDNEY TAI\Y]IAK(JA THREATENS OBSTRUCTION. The inevitable moment had now ,'u f ii\o(l, Mr Taiwhanga notifying- that unless the Premier agreed to postpone the Bill, j.on jing the native meeting in ]\laich no\t, ho would, by in&ti notions, of the chiefs now m Wellington, oppose it in the same way as he had opposed the Native Land '.Bill This In ought the Picmior to his feefc with the inquiry whether the remark just made did not mean a tlneat to Parliament. The Chairman of Committee niled that it did and was tampeiing with the privileges of Paihnment, and the Prcmiei c.\ preyed the opinion that the matter ouglit to be lepoited to the House.

SIR GEORGE GREY TO THE RESCUE. Sir Geoigo Grey ju^Uricl the action oi JUr Tawhanga, and *fud the blame ically lay with the i'rcmici, who had no light to deal with the lion, mumber ns if ho were a schoolboy. 1 [is worcis should not bo interpiefcedarf a tin eat, bub really meant thai ho would oppose, to the utmost, of hi^ powei, a Bill which he believed would load to the ruin of lm lace.

FRIDAY NIGHT'S COMPACT. Some uncertainly undoubtedly oxtbfcs, a& bo whether the native obstructionists on Fiiday night promised, in the ovont of the two chiefa being heard, that they would cease all further übsti notion, or whether their promise applied meiely to the uicasuie then under coiibideiation. The Premier alleged that Mr Taiwhanga had piomised, on hi& personal honour, that if a certain course were taken, lie would coat-o hia obstruction, and though (Government had perfonntd their part oi: the compact, the lion, gentleman now stated that, at the dictation oiceriain chiefs, he intended to bicak hia plighted vord. While the Governraenii were quite willing to make any reasonable amendments, he warned the native members against any infi action of lecognirfed Parlminuntary laws. The position was quite difleront irorn that of a membor's constituents urging him on. The chief's iuterests were opposed to bh'at of the nati\ c race as a whole, who wore favouiable to the Jiillfc brought in by tho Government. MrTaiwhunga denied that ho had broken laith with the Government, inasmuch an his promise to coasc htonowalhng i elated only to the Native Land Bill, while tho Premier re-nsaei'ted that it had clearly related to all the native policy Bills, othurwibe the Government would not have li&toned, and that it was only on that i distinct understanding that the Government

refrained from fclieir intention of pushinn all tho liillslhroufihon I'Yidayni^ht. MrViniott supported the Ijj1 j j omiei '.•» view ol tho matter, and Mr Pratt &akl that tho hon. member had certainly piomihed to withdiaw his opposition to tlie whole of tho Bills pio-vick-d the chiefs were hoard .it the bar of the House. He ie.-ued that if members' promi&ofe sveic bioken in thib way, the word of a native would nowr be iakcm ag..in. Mr Taipua c.xprescod 0 similar opinion) and intimated his intention of lefiainin^ from huther opposition to the Bill, though he wouid tiy to make ecu-tain amendments, lie fiulhei witima! od that it the measure ueru not- made satisfactory to (.lie native Kieo he would >suppoit any motion of: want ot eonJidcnce in i/ho (Jovoinmenl. .Sydii(j\ was thu« lefb to pl-iy ;i "lone hand," which lie did in a uiy lialt-hcai ted maniioi dining tho icm.iindei oi iho at lei noon.

TAIWITANCA WITIIDIIAWK FLIOJSI TUX UOUHJS Soon alter tlic evening hilling roinmotiecd M\ Tniwhan^a 100 and .spoke slion^ly in opposition to the BilK lie fcdiu tlmL noLlunu would bo flotio undei Lhoin o\cn it they weio parcel, and then pioeeeded (,o explain that it was useless it, r one nmn Lo hyht against the moasuies by Inm.scli. lie wou'd no>, howe\oi, lorn un in (.he Jlouno while they woio pa.-sod. l->etore leaving iho Chamber, he would thank Llic t'haMiniin ol Committees lot Llie couilosy .show n tow aid him, and would o.vpioss In., astonishment I hat thoCommiLtoeshould pass Acts- to kill the iSJauti people. TaiwhanjL>a tin i) left the Jiou^c, i\lr Carroll meanwhile sa^imj (.liar, it w;i,s hi, 1 - duty Lo hib people Lo stay a\d eudeavoiu fco have the J'.IU impi oved ab tay i\h possible. ilui ot the evening \va^ sponL in diseu.-^-hhj; clause 7, which piopos-ucl to pnmde 10, sati-lnction ol the clnnn.s ot the Ciown in icmocL of nione^ adx.mced on conLiticl;.^ wliioli li.i\e not been completed. This w,b sfienuou-ly resisted by the nati\e niembois, -who uitjed ihat ai< loo&t some piOMsion bhould lie made to ciibiuo that the claims for such ad\ ancts ate uona /<<h, :\-> in my ot the (.ioveinmcnt aixcnts in pabt day.s have obtained ij,d,ivt.s' siirimLuius to blank vonehois, in which tbe\ ha\c alfceiwaid.s im-erted tijjuies. E\entually a com pionii'-e wae, ajiieed to, by w Ihlli the clause wab atloptcd with amendments to the etlccb that due notice bhould be f, r i\cn to the iiiitncsi of tJic intention to 1 ■.cover ; th;it only half the amount advjiuccd should ue euloieed thiough the L.mv Uouit; and that tlie money claimed mu-n be pioved lo have been lecened on acL-ount ot land a=> distinguished lioin othoi pin pot-et-. The lemainder of the Bill passed unchallenged, but M laijiO number oi new clauses weie in- j trodueed by the (Joveininout Oncol these, i'! the foini in which it \\at> iinaliy adopted, included dcseend.inls ot iudictihlcs by natives under the dLimiLion ol " native." To enable lestnelions on alienation to be -\aried 01 cancelled, nnothei clause chiectcd tliafc land ahail, upon its title bomtc aseeilaincd, be so divided into paicels that each paiccl &hall be owned by not luoic than 20 natives An addition was made by 51 to 16, on the motion of Mr Bui lance, that no person oi company shall acquiie n.oio than 5,000 aoies ot natnc hind. - -Air Taipua moved anothci addition : " That ' c\ery n.ifcivu i" alieiiabuiy land shall letnin 200 acies for lumsylf." This was 10-t hy 28 to 10 A clause piovidiiiL; that in niakihu any order under the Act the (Joint shall declaie inalienable suihcienfc land tor the suppoit ot the owner was earned on the \oice.s. Anothei new clause M r as designed to give eileet to deed.s. purpoitinn; to convey undivided bhaies in nati\e land. Air Hutchison succeeded in ean \ mg against the Clo\ei mncnt, -by 24 to 21, an amendment to make this pro-\ i^ion retrospective. Tho J'lemiei dechncil to accept the amendment, and moved that ptouie s be icpoi ted, w Inch was ;i(fieed to, iea\ c boin^ m\ en to sit attain.