PARLIAMENT.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 106, 12 August 1910, Page 4

PARLIAMENT.

THIBSDAY, AUGUST 11. LEGL>j.a.l. . E CUbJSUL. By Telegupii.—ricas Association. Wellington, Last Night. In the Legislative couatu in the afternoon, the adjourned ueuate on the .Destitute lersons Unl was resumed by noil. Oliver Samuel, who nao. :;ut v.onciuued Ins speech >vnen the Council rose at the previous sut.ng. Dealing at length with the proposed piuceuu*v in respect to affiliation orders, ne urged it was extremely undesiruaie and improper to pass drastic provisions in the measure. The probability ot tuc OLate oeiug put to smaller expense in the maintenance oi: illegitimate children was no reason why tne Legislature sliouid run the risk ox' mulcting a gross wrung to allow an order to be niaue in respect oi unborn children. It would be a ieartul eng.ne of blackmail, and it would be very unwise to depart, as suggested, from the wholesome principle oi casting the onus of proof iu all similar cases upon the accuser.

Hon. Sinclair supported the Bill. The debate .vas aujuurned and the Council rose.

HOUSE OF REPRESS iaTIYEs. i MILITARY OFi-KERS. Wellington, ljast Night. The House of Beprestu.auves met at 2.30. I Replying to Mr. Wright, wh6 asked if the report was correct that Captain Seddon had been appointed to the position of adjutant and quartei-mu ß cer general of the New Zealand lorces iij, place of Colonel Da vies iSir Joseph Ward .ad no further appointments had been made in connection wnu uie ueience forces than those announced in the House recently. As soon as the commandant of the forces was appointed, the other positions would be filled on ms arrival in the Dominion. MUCH ADO ABOUT uiXxuti.

Considerable discussion arose on a motion to add tae names oi rdVunrs. Aosworthy and X. E. Taylor to the Labour Bills Committee Quiing the consideration of Uie Xraniwa.) s A>ill, objection being taken by .ur. juassey to tfle motion on the score that it would ereatie la preceuent whicli migut be taKen advantage of in luture to enable bws 10 go through committee. The proper thing to do was to set up a special com-1 mittee. ' The motion was eventually carried by, 45 votes to 25. OHINEMUiKI SILTING COMMISSION. On the motion of Hon. R. McKenzie to lay on the table the report of the Ohineniuri Silting Commission, Mr. Poland referred to tne causes wiiicu leu to ihe present trouble. Theetfect of the dedurinftjjS«u surrofiflauig] jtomrfivwas inunadated. The deposits had Wned V large area of good agricultuffi land. Tne commissioners nad gonejMbout th% jijork in a.'vwy. tiiorcHh tiers Bo had suttered damage*Wouiu be compffsated. He did not upaar what. in rfflrd to 3SS was Sponsible for tailings being de positflnn the river. The Government; shoulßpke the necessary steps to safeguarof|iie lwfrdill* t*fc*tiiHCffct:* ,f M*i' Polaqovent on to refer to the suggest tion MMit the expense oi tne remtuial workMouldiW'tornfo'byqthe gold ddtj* He cnßiderejj[ l> jmly.,a. < ,reaspnable grffr porti«fi&>f the cost should be the JMduty\ w . ai •"'• ■■■ Mrf*-'4aylor (Thames) hoped that whatever was done to remedy -the jtroubW would be done quickly. I said he knew of settlers who had been practically ruined by siltjng caused by the tailings de* posit&lJin the riyera, , Th|%4iotion, wasjCarried. Taon. B. McKenzie'to, lay the''lnspector of Coal Mines' report on tjhe. table, considerable discussion ■ to tfie 1 necessity for the State coal 'extended to other parts'ts th«if»«aiiriion. ■ The debate' was interrupted byotheodinner adjournment |y In ;tne House in the evening Mr. Poland resumed tne debate on the budget, fetf aviifi i- li Mnvftßoss 0 dealt largely with Pjcal question^. Mr, Brown ent'e'fed onto details of the large fflJe Bawke's Bay district, pm, urged that steps be taken to for closer settlement. Twer owned acres, of th ayeraginj^43d^'c,r^.k)i'the value of over £SO, This -land He wanted a and if the such a resigff. VV '. ThWdebate was adjourned and the HousWffose at 10.55. /''