PARLIAMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 11 October 1907, Page 2

PARLIAMENT.

! THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10. | LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. ! liy Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The Council met at 2.30. i The Attorney-General moved the second reading of •I'llli LA.ND AND INCOME ASSESSMENT UllL. wii.cii, he explained, luul three objects, vi/.„ the increase of graduated taxation, p.uvenlio.i 01 .evasion of tax, and subuivision of large estates. .He proceeded to explain the operation of the land tax in similar terms to those by which tlie Bid was introduced in the other House. lie declared that the operation of the Hill would be for the benelit , of New Zealand as a whole. Large '

holdings were not in the interest of the . colony, and the Bill itself was the best ' working compromise that could be arrived at, and was far in advance of prevent legislation. The Hon. SINCLAIR said tilat nothing but the interest of tin. public weal could have promoted such legislation as now proposed Referring to whit hud taken place in older lands, he averred that j the peasant and hardy laborer, once ihe 'backbone of England, now existed in greatly reduced numbers . It was theijv |men who owned land who had most tw

do with the making of the land hws, and in his opinion tne land bore a very moderate share of its legitimate burden of taxation. The attempt to have land held in small areas was n wise one. The Hon. PAUL did not see any cor- I ininty of the Bill fully carrying out its alleged object, viz., the bursting up of large estates. Ho preferred the. principal embodied in last year's Bill, which prevented a man holding an estite beyond a specific value. If the Bill did not achieve its object, some other means [ must be adopted to bring about a re- I Uluetion of such estates. The Mon. McOARDLE said lie was with those who took the moderate idea m the matter of land legislation. He hid always been in favor of closer settlement, and it pained him to see nettier* in some parts slowly passing off holdings, which went into the hands of b'sr landholders. He thought there should be distinct limitation of area. Tt: was in the highest interest of the country that capitalists should be pre-

vented from buying up and depopulating the country. ] The Hon. SCOTLAND said this was one of the many socialistic Bills, and such measures would be brought forward until we had frightened away capitalists, and driven the employers into irnl-t nn f rU Ji 7 Col ' rt5 ' ''°P roc 'ited the about anarchy. C ° un ' r * v ' brought The Hon. RTGO did not approve of the graduated tax as a mo,nsof burster n T In a 5,,1a11 F I , Zealand, £40,000 worth hoi i" 1, CV 00 ,7'°'' for an ? on " t0 bold He thought a square mile of firs -class land ample for any one man graduate ) ™ S ' W0 " ,(I this giartuated taxation burst up large estates? He dia ]lot tw I 8 ">en who held, say, £200,000 worth of land, \eould afford to £s s « The Hon. SAMUEL agreed with will Mr Sinclair had said upon the Bill, and m his opinion no one could object to the principle of the measure On the motion of the Hon. .Tones, the Sett 4 a 4s. ad3oUrned ' tilo C<)undl HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The House met at 2.30. One week's leave of absence was granted to Messrs Alison and Keid on account of ill-health. The PREMIER moved that on Monday, the 14th inst., the House meet at 2£p, for the consideration of local bills only until 5.30 p.m., and that on and after Monday, the 14th, the Houße meet on Mondays for the remainder of the session at 7.30 for the transaction of Government business only. o Mr MASSISY referred to the absence of six members from sickness. He did not suggest this was due to Tate sittings, as the House had not been kept very late on the whole, but he thought something should be 'done during the recess to improve the ventilation of the chamber, lobbies, and committee rooms, which he described as being loaded with microbes, and lie expressed the hope that something would be done to improve the ventilation and give more sunshine to the chamber if possible. The PHE'MIER, in replying, stated tlmt, it was necessary to devote more time to legislation that it intended to pass this session, and on that account and in order to avoid late sittings, it was necessary to sit on Mondays. It had been the practice in previous sessions to meet on Monday mornings, but he hoped this would not he necessary this session. He expressed sympathy with the members ali'lictcd with sickness, and stated in his opinion that the chamber could not he satisfactorily improved until they removed the intervening wall, so as to admit of windows being opened directly into the Chamber, and so admitting fresh air, ami he would do what lie could to assist in the improving of the chamber. Replying to Mr Rutherford, who asked that the House should he granted a week's holiday for the Cliristchure'h carnival, the Premier stated that if good work Were done by November 2, he was prepared to leave the matter in the hands of members. ' ' Mr MASSEY urged til:it. some of tlie Bills should be postponed until next session, and not rushed through in the closing hours of the session, which resulted in faulty legislation on the Statute Book. The PREMIER, replying, said hj« would not be able to bring down the Shoddy Bill this session. He would, however, bring down a Bill dealing with the Hour duty, and the duty on potatoes. He added he was convinced that members, when they learned the Uovernment's proposals, would be glad lo support them. Mr MASSE Y again urged that some of the measures should be postponed, such as the Endowment Bill, which, he said it was an open secret was dead. He suggested that the Native Land Bnl should be circulated to-morrow, as this was -an urgent matter, and should not be delayed any further. Alter Messrs Heir,us, Ngata, Creeiis-

lade, and i\icPhert,oii had urged that tlie Native Land measure bliould be brought down immediately tne Hon. Carroll said manners need have no apprehension Wat the Bill would not be brought down this session, but all knew oi the dilliculties that beset legislation owing to the variety of policies that had been introduced m the past. The Native land Policy Bill was one thing and members would not be kept waiting jior long, and it would go through this j session, and the legislation necessary to remove all the various anomalies was ■ another tiling, and whether it could be attended to or provided Tor in the gen-

eral would require consideration. '■l'he PKEMIER, replying to Mr Mas- ' sey, said, lie was much mistaken if he thought the Endowment Bill \yn< £ .s lie described it, as dead as Julius" Caesar, at it was intended to place it on I the statute .Book this session H stated that the Government had no loaded the order paper, but could, if dc sired, place over one hundred Bills o the paper, which were ready. How ever, the Government had carried ou a policy of bringing down measures ii order of sequence, and he thought tin House would, at the end of the session compliment itself oil having done gooi work. He added that it was intend®! (to bring down the Native Bill, and ho hoped, with the nssistnnce of members to place it on the Statute Book this session. Replying to Mr 7'fslier, lie said lie did not think anything could he done with regard (o Chinese selling tobacco , hut he would like to introduce legislation this session restricting Chinese altogether. The motion was carried and the House went into committee on the Land Laws Amendment Bill. TAIiANAKI A LAND OF MILK AND HONEY. More especially milk. The policy is to g.'( the maximum amount of ' cream from (he milk. The Melotte Separator will extract more cream Willi less trouble than any other It is so easy to drive —m tact is a clnld-power as compared to man-power ill other makes. That's because of the way they are made—practically no friction. 'The howl is suspended, and the only point of contact works Oil a hall bearing. The Melotte is the lightest running and most durable machine made. Anyway, if you we interested in separators,' just pop in and have a look at the Melotte.— A'ilsoa & Nolan, Agents for Taranaki.