PARLIAMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 99, 4 August 1910, Page 8

PARLIAMENT.

. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3'.' j LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. : ft Teiegraph.— Press Aswv-wtiori. \ ' ( Wellington, Last Night. [ The Council met at 2.30 ,R,m. ? ", ;• j THE LATE MB, SOTTLAati).' ' ' ; The Attorney-General moved that the i Council records its high sense of the * valuable services rendered' to New Zealand by the, late Hon- H. Scotland; and ,; the loss the country has susttiined - by , his death; also expressing sympathy ' with his widowtand family.^*.,-. The Attorney-General" gave* a brief j outline of Mr. Scotland's long connec- .! tion with .the -political life of the- coun- } try. ' '- : -- • ■■.'■■..!/ I< ' i ,« I The Hon. Mr. Baillie seconded the mo--3 tion, and. he, and; 6ther^m e mher9 added- | their trrbu'tes""to ! the - 'qua 1 lilies o'HliWie-' , ceased gentleman. ' Ji The motion wns,.carried insi]ence, and j the Council adjourned oßt-ortespect to I the memory of deceased:" * viA i 1 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. | The House at 2,30 p.m. ! ' CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES. ,• Mr. Massey asked the 'Premier .when * he pro|>ose<l to give the House an op- *) portunity to elect a Chairman of Coni- ;! mittees. " " '»'" '' 2i Sir J. G. Ward replied that the elecf;i tion of a chairman Vroujid' •be.jwJceeded fi with after the conclusion of the Financial 1 Debate. REFERENDUM ON THE LAND QUESTION. The debate on J;he Financial State- ., ment was .resumed iby Mi\ McLaren, who advocated referendum land" ones tion. It had 'been proposed , that the, ,) large land-owners would apply, the same '.; principle ,tp tlfeir properties -', as , they| ,_; wished to apply to CroVn land. This f »pr.ftp.<J§al ,ha,d been the Farmt ers' Conference. He denounced trafflck- ; ing in lan Is, and said -the.real, was e , between leaseholders aim%"4eiolnem"-• THE OPPOSITION POLICY. e r Mr. continued the <lebate on *' the land question, which he said was not a one which was a straight-out one.?, f A "yes" oth.ilSi& coijld be obtained by '' means of the referendum. JThe Opposu. s tion had,a definite; policy »oft««ie> lahas: wasithe optional system, " with a view to allowing every man. who. ';■ wished ty..gejj-jon the land to do so and v ultimately become an owner. He agreed with Mr. Laurensori that too much time l: was speWWn party! wrangling, and that s questions should be [debated from a nonK partjr,jjßpjqt..of viejn l . l d He denied--the* trutli bfilie statembnt that the increase n in Opposition numbers was due to mis-' c - of tjhe dairyiregßbtttOiis? e He favored the comjpulsory n estates in small freehold areas, rather ! " than conipulsory as - a^Yoeated, * by Mr, Forbes, , ".. ;..i» .» > a f"^ Mr. Smith, n dence motion, saT3"it reseinbled a sugfit*t coated pill.j The, Leader of the Opposition should have brought down an r amendment containing a straiglH'.out.Ja.- •■ sue on the land question, in which case "he* wtfuld*"have* supported "Shim.' "-Mr. Massey had confessed to him that the former' had been congratulated on the cunning way in Which 'the amendment .had been framed. He contended the -■fanning community more conderation jfrom ifffe Governmentalftan :any ob>er\olas>!' « ''Vl-'V'l' ■ rosie .at' 5.30 pan'. 31 <i ! AMENDMENT AUT. On resuming this evening, replying to L a question as to whether thr Govern,e. ment would amend the Coneuiatiba. and '" l=Avbitration Act so that«the penalties n J)nay be made recoverable on the smt or '■ |any party, ;tq the. awar(l f ..pr-,pd ; ustrja/ ; d as well "as b'n'£he suit of t *the Inspector of Awards, in t -manner as a penalty for a breach of d 'an award- f br'agree'mfent, 'the 'Minister of n )Labor said he deemed it inadvisable to ,t [carry "out e 'ties to an award should have the power ' fto take action for strikes and bcks-out. • : These cases differed f io »M W'W (breaches' of award 1 * inasmuch as the latter a iwere due 'SWWideftwtts'icwjvMie jsjde, 0 -'only, whilst almost invariably the ,f .former 1 , "arose'' fToto' some dispute t . -between the workers on the one A Xside and the employer on the other, both f of whom' mtist thereforp.' be recognised, s as directly concerned in the matter. It t ipvariable practice of-the Chief arispectwv^^.ftLUs^S 6 - r lo°^- out i&asies to the Minister, when the opinion %i the CiW^'i# w Officer .was ptyajned. Y i Jib reply iioitfurther'quesilon, tieGovtjepiment atated that it is .considering 1 -•proposals concerning the development of i- fthe oil industry"'in TataiiaMs aad-'also - fclje ipd.ustry under control. 1 '' • ' ' & IjB&SEH'OLD SOBUMEL , 1 | In £ Ause In*the elre%!f#Sir#us. "sell predjefga' a fright future fo| the 'Dominion. Staple products were Fetching good prices, and the 'harvest v pects were favourable. ,' He expressed ) surprise that finance was - so little ,'Jlealt ,with during the debate' Many important " -matters' referred to in the Budg4 Ud, v been overlooked "by faie previous ajbeak-1 ers. The'whole debate centred chiefly ' .round the land queafSon. Ha denied that ' no landSpolicy;. He. was certain'that'if the Liberal party! . went to the country as a" leasehold | ,lparty' ijhey A ,woukl pome."back''stronger than' ever,";' He iugge'sted a. "system of I leasehold under which a tenant should 'pay, k, u6t rent-but ftjr profit I,to the State,, based;" on'inlrketi.valne of |laj|d, suclipVoht pjjriod■ically, |enant&' ImprjSvementEj! not be : tal?en.ihto/account, a *%ibH'is y toiliave the to transfer his interest in the lease,- subject'"to the approval of the •landlord, but the State to protect the incoming tenant "from excessive goodwill charges. After full values had been paid,/'.the goodwill should be fairly ' divided between the State and the teller. A land fund should be established, consisting of ninety goodwill payments as before mentioned, and a special land tax of 5 per cent, on the profits of all sales of land. Leases, should be for 33 years with the right of renewal to the tenant or lijs heirs, but without the right of purchase. In the case of bush and swamp lands settlers should be,financed by the Government and payment of rent deferred until the land became productive. The-.Cheviot, estate was standing proof that the leasehold system was not inimical to productiveness. If the freehold were granted-the immediate effect j would be to raise the rate of interest throughout • the ; Dominion/ •.. ■ - ; • , : ■ • i , LOANS TO,LOCAL BODIES:;' * Mr. Guthrie (Oroua) hoped the .original system of loans to local bodies would be reinstated. 1 ■The' proposal to charge local, authorities -.with -a proportion, of .the. cosjt .of .education was_ one Ue cpuld not support lv Wu«sty ■aBBWt' f ' ;.to be.a pVrg ft9 n.^^%^gKn^ "', , ; ..' Vs *" l.« wt » ! *" 1 *K( ( «;' l v '

A PEOPLE?' 1ANB.J8&: Sir William Steward said he would like to see the Government introduce a dearly defla*l3iM*»ill, based on public opinion. At the tkme time he believed that the GovernMent, once having adopted a policy, aluld atand by It 1 even at'lie risk of filing office. -The proper, policy to presajwas the renewable lease, so that theland could.be revalued. In regard to umivo ffSnr* was time t0 discontinuefthe ''finhoa" policy. He urged the neel for further settlement of land in Cwterbury, which was particularly suite! for subdivision. - Referring to he favoured carrying out Lord Kitchener's recommendations in their enj^retya The achate andi'he House Jose at 11.10 p.m. 1