Parliament

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 40, 8 July 1914, Page 5

Parliament

HOUSE OF EERESiON I'ATJ YEfIL

MONDAY, JULY 7.

AFTERNOON SITTING-, t

Per Press Association. j Wellington. .Lust Night, The House mot at '2.30. J After, the suspension of Mr. PaylJ j member fo r G.rey Lynn (as elsewhere) the House proceided K> ol dinary business. . v ljj| FIRST HEADING. llj Leave was given to Mr. Hiuuiiiaish t introduce t'he Imprisonment for Sal)! Limitation Amendment Will, iihich «nt' read a lirst time. ,|i

THE LATE MR. Mr. .Masiioy intimated fihat on heannj of the death of the flight, flon Josepl Chamberlain, he had sent a cable tj Mrs., Chamberlain, condoling with Siei on the, death of -'her di-UnguiJind huq I band, iind that that day he bad ceived a reply tendering the thanks oj her and her family for sympathy. . A ! Sir Joseph Ward said that on beSuit'l of his side' of the House lie would ea< dorse the sentiments expressed in ttijl Premier's cable.- He eulogised the J}fj| work of Mr. Chamberlain, one of the greatest ,of Englishmen. > <■ ,V ADDRJOSfS-IN-REPLY. ! Tlie debate on the Address-in-Keply was resumed by Mr. Escott, who spfilai with pleasure upon the prosperous of the primary industyriesi the operqiioj£ of the Public Service Acts, and the prtM posal to improve thv position of teachs ers and increase their salaries. He con-j tended that it was misrepresentation to' say that the Government the establishment of an independent! nnvy.i ' ' : J

Mr. Seddon urged fibliat the Government should give some indication .Aft when tlu> Cost of Living Conuniasiosw i report would' be discussed. He det>P3?- | eated the failure to. give the Wesfcj I Coast representation upon the Agrifcutf i tural Board, and complained that Governors' Speech made no mention of | mining legislation. Since the ; ment came iDto office -there had bewij a sad falling-off in attention to tMj j gold-fields. ; Mr. Scott said lie knew no country fijifi j the world in which the workers were ta| I well off, Imt the .time must eomo whew the overloading of employers -by Jiighj! wages must cease. It was not oifiyta the high wages, but (np inefficiency of' the workmen,' which employers in both" town and country had to contend with:Mr. Isitt, in congratulating the mein-i bers who proposed the ply, said th.it they had performed difficult task of making bricks without straw. He wanted to support Sir Job:. eph Ward's amendment, although, he did not suppose it would he carried, for the Government supwtors were go ■ supine and lamblike in their submission that they would submit to anything put forward by their leaders. He condemn-. Ed the native land legislation of the Go- J vernment, which was against the interests of the native. The one great cry ot the Government \yas "settlement; more settlement, and still more Bcttli-, ment." ,

, KVFNING SESSION". { Resuming at 7.30, ''"'4 Mr. Isitt ccntinued his speech. • He .< complained that the small farmers ■were, not represented upon the Agricultural Board. He contended that there wrr 'i aggregation directly contributed to by the legislation placed upon the Statute Book by Mr. Massey. Touching on de-" fence, lie declared it was idle, to aay j that six months ago the Government -i was not in favor of an independents navy. The graining of 60 men cost £>o,ooo n year, or at the rate o'- 1 ' filOO per min for a three-year course. V He ridiculed the. .suggestion that the'.4 "Reformers" were not conserrativfe' Bfris hoped that if they 'were not to carry ( the no-confi'dcnce motion here, lie won" ' v see it carried ,in the country in =.ivi; months' time. ' * •

Mt. Rhodes (Thames) saitl the Spec? from the Throne w»b a commensense '• document. The legislation passed last mssion had tended to bring about set-'-,' tlement. He believed it would be possible to reduce the cost of living: to thfMi people by some adjustment of ci»t')iiY taxation, provision of workers' homes, etc., and regretted that no mention wa-r;; made of mining matters in the vernor's Speech. Many valuable Temained to be found.

Mr. Webb said he could congratulate ; the Government upon standing true to" the traditions of the Party, and) had brought down a, nolity which vrti ah. Mutely barren of anything in tho of progression. He believed the strike was a relic of barbarism, but, if so, was r not the cause of the strike all the more ' a relic of barbarism? The Government' was largely responsible for the Indus/ trial strife. He pointed out that the ' condition of occupancy of land was dueii more, to the Liberals than to the prea* ent Government. Credit was due to tl.-r Government lor increasing the grad.i-, ated land tax; He agreed with tl» Op-: position upon defence, and would fa* 1 rather have the naval subsidy, but felt.. in view of the IftOD agreement, thafe the contribution would' not mean an in*'crease in the navy, but whatever they paid would duly go towards a reduction's ir the Imperial Naval Estimates. Mr, i Maswy was not to blame for ing the interests of the native The West Coast 'Lands legislation paw*!; ,«ed by the in 1802 vented the natives from occupying tjheirli Oil lamT. " jij Mr. Ell was opposed to a iocal navy/; scheme. The Mackenzie' Covmunedtr.) did real good work. The Second repeal went through! last session 1)M cause the Opposition members were' 1 stopped from speaking by th- elunrman of committees. They ,heard nothingnow of the hardships* of settlers, TfisS settlers had only been used as a whip" for the Liberals. The policy of the Libv erols was to ease the' lot,'of the smaljft taxpayer. He quoted extensively 4sjs show that substantial remissions hail"been made in customs taxation by the Liberals, and said the Liheraf nolicy in>. tlie past was one of which every Liberal, should be proud. ' Mr. Thomson moved the adjournment, , and the House rose at 12.15 a,m.