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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 60, 31 July 1914, Page 4

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LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL AFTERNOON SESSION. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. The Council met at 2.30 p.m. Purely formal business waa taken, and the Council rose at 2.40 p.m. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. AFTERNOON SESSION. The House met at 2.30 p.m. Mr. Russeii ga ■■<.■ notice oi intention to introduce Cue Legislative. Council Reform iii'i )U re : to '•',- E!l <M I'rcaior said hj« wouV Ik: r :,t.i to ooi or the question of < - .i.j.i.:.!'; from ij.'.ation land set i;.a ; '• , ;r:viii .Kiev.-; ror the purpose ..r .i11'.'..-. hv.:-'.i ;;.,:■ nation. EIRST IiEADIMiS. Tin- r,,]]'!'"'' l !" I'll'-i -v ■!■■' introduced ,. ":' Vae: V.. .-.--lh Harbor Board K - ' ■ ' : ■■'•> '■■;,>' nr McCal•lum), I 1,;"-- ;,",;.! !' r o)rc: ;registration; Bill (Air ":• >r,, -m, .-i ■■:■ onnCoinpulsor, V ■■:!.••; '■:■; !'Vi.-. -' nel, Takapuna " .:..:,.:'. :■■■;;■■ h,rr ' Mning Bill (Mr. 11.,,:'..:!, A ■' ■,..:,.:[• ■',> • viilk Supply Ai-idiome'Si, ji.ji (VI--. HirulraaMh). LAND AND SETTLEMENT. The rv.-m'-v !>>■< ~. 1 to I." «i> the table ■ the aiini,..! rejior., of the i■:<"■!* Department, a ■'•>■«' .in ; i !••,' a •-■i'.'h .'imuitary report sh,,,y;,i»; ;,!]>■ [in mi." of Crown tenant:! wiio ;-a,;- lain • ;• u'.wtai-ft of

the :.. M'lp '' ■■•• freehold of lioW : n;i ;he!e? til., ii'.v.-.iation of Siv ,!."'l 'iVir f .■!)( I.;. rhjwtoil to thfi Ail':i.i-'.; I._i :■-■;■' .•■■■:! D.-imTlmnnl Icndiiii; .i. >».' - :■-■ ''."iv • i."i:i!iW to purchasi. tin; fmuxiei di their holdings. This was utterly .vriiiii.! while, other isettier:; i.'ir.ii.i mit'gc» tin: i.,.-. .t.mcfi they requii "(I. Mr. Wilfoi.i quoted a idler from the Department, refusing an ap]ilinatiou for £l5O, o\un;r in heavy demands on the Depwlincnt'it funds.

■Mr, Iline declared that while Sir Joseph Ward was in power he (Mr. Hine) had borrowed money from the. Advances Department to purchaso the freehold of leasehold lands. Jloii. Alien characterised the Opposition criticism as a scrap from their next Budget." Every settler must now understand that if the Opposition cam* hack into power no money w"ould be available for the conversion of leasehold lands into freeholds. In reply to Mr. Wilford, he stated that the reason his constituent could not get a loan of £l5O was that the money was required for the re-payment of a mortgage. If Mr. Wilfovd's friend applied now, no doubt the money could be I got- .

Mr. Russell declared that the object of Gw Government was to push up the rate of interest by creating 'fresh competition in the shape of every Crown tenant clamoring for money that ought to he available for other 'settlers.. He proceeded to criticise settlement results nnd'W the Massey Government, claiming that "after all their Muff, Muster and> hrrgadocia," they were still short of the resnit achieved by the Ward Government. During their last veav of office the Ward Government had settled 1,503,'OOO persons on 4,720,000 acres. The the Ward Government had settled 1,503,people on 3,553,805 acres, proving that Mr. Massey's administration was a failure. The debate was continued on party lines by Messrs' Wilson, Ell, Wilkinson, l'orbes, Witty, Anderson, Young and' Payne, until the dinner adjournment, when the Premier's motion that the reports he laid on the table was talked' out. PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION: Mr. Veitcli moved the second readingof the Proportional Representation an« Elective Voting Bill. After a lengthy debate, in which the Government was accused of breaking its pledge to introduce electoral reform, the second reading was lost by 28 votes to The House rose at 12.30 a.m.