PARLIAMENT DAY BY DAY.
NEWS AND 'NOTES,
(By Telegraph. —Special Parliamentary Correspondent.)
Wellington, Last Night. The main political event of the day has bec: the Address in Reply. Both Houses have debated the same in earnest.
A THOUGHTFUL SPEECH. In the Council the debate was distinguished by a thoughtful speech from th© Hon. Mr. Paul, who devoted himself to the Labor question with earnestness and prudence, recognising the great difficulty in front of the social problem. The point of this reference was his reiteration of his position as an evolutionut, not a revolutionist. As an illustration he took the Arbitration Act. He approved the principle as the only one possible, and as infinitely superior to the brutality of the strike, but he would not admit that we are near to perfection yet.' "We must go on upon the lines begun, be ready to. amend them, helping to a gradual evolution." Touching the announced legislation about combines, he spoke hopefully, but, at the same time, with the diffidence of one who knows the intricacies.
The Attorney - Genernl interrupted with, ''The combine is the egg from which socialism is to be hatched," getting a tap at the socialists. The quotation is really an epigrammatic way of saying that socialists who believe' in their system ought to favor the combines and trusts, for they may be by a .stretch imagined to be 'organising the world until an overwrought people confiscates the machinery, and 10, the world passes under socialism. It is the sneer of certain critics who wish to show that socialism is so difficult as to be impos sible, but Mr. Paul would not be led off on the flowery path of discussion, sticking to the guns of evolution. The whole episode was interesting because Mr. Paul represents the progressive, prudent element in Labor, and is talked of as one of the future Parliamentary leaders in that party, his name being connected even now with a Dunedin seat in the Lower House.
A MAORI ON THE MAORIS. The interesting speech was Mr. Xgata's. The representative of the native race devoted himself to demolishing the pessimism of the men who regard the native race as doomed because incapable of effort to raise themselves out of their communistic isolation. In carrying on the theme, he reviewed the history~of the past, briefly showing how the original anxiety of the Maori to sell part of his lands for the purpose of raising himself in the seale was blocked by the course of events, to which he referred with .brevity, dignity, and power. He traced the gradual recovery of the race from the set back, detailing tbe difficulties of the situation, difficulties of tribe and procedure, aggravated by suspicion growing out of the past and the ignorance of isolation. He went on to describe the progress made in spite of these troubles, and he detailed the large areas alienated. As to the criticism of "Tailioa" levelled against the last new departure inaugurated by the reforming consolidation in the native land laws, he pointed oiH the really rapid pace achieved in the last few months, but the gem of his speech, so full of dignity and retained fire, was his tribute to his chief,
THE NATIVE MINISTER. There have been critical occasions in the development from the depths of discouragement, occasions requiring the presence of a man of diplomatic talents, of great sympathy, large ability, and perfect knowledge of a most intricate subjei t. This was found by Mr. Carroll, but none of it was known to the public, any more than the other steps of the development he had sketched, for thi» simple reason that Mr. Carroll never advertised himself. He worked always with a modesty equal to his great abilities, but when the history came to be written it would be found that no man had plnyed so important a part in the develonment of his race to better things than dames Carroll.
It was a magnificent eulogy, and Mr. Ngata was congratulated on nil sides. The general remark was that it was high time such a service was tendered to the Xative Minister. TARANAKI MAORI LAND.
Among the lands mentioned as about t« Veime available immediately, Mr. Xjctfl. mentioned the big reserve in Tnrnnaki.
REFORM OF THE LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL
Among the bills driven notiee of is one ■bv Mr. Russell for the reform of the Legislative Council. When it is circu> lated we shall know more about it. KAWHIA HARBOR.
Mr. Jennings is to ask the Minister of Marine whether he will authorise hie Department to take soundings and have a complete survey made of the channel annroaches and waterways of Kawhia harbor. (Note.—The charts and instructions issued to and relied on bv coastal *eimen are of very little value as far as Kawhia bar is concerned.) PAYMENT OF ACCIDENT INSURANCE MONEY.
Mr. Jennings is to ask the Minister of Labor whether he will amend the Workers' Compensation Act in the direction of providing that when a premium is once accepted by anv accident insurance company from persons engaged in bushfelling or any other occupation, in the event of the assured meeting with a fatal accident the insurance money shall V paid over to the nearest of kin. (Note.—A large number of cases can he cited of the companies insisting on relatives proving that they were absolutely dependent on the insured.)
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 71, 2 July 1910, Page 4
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896PARLIAMENT DAY BY DAY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 71, 2 July 1910, Page 4
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