HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2982, 5 September 1878, Page 2

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Wednesday. CATHOLIC EDUCATION. Mr T3arff presented a petition from 150 Catholics of Hokitika, praying that they may be placed iv a position to avail themselves ot the provisions of the Education Act. >•' . ■>'.-■■!

MIDDLE ISLAND POLICE COUBTS. ' 'Mr~ Pyke^jgave notice to ask if'the Governmeut^iutended, to.take into consideration t.he'present unsatisfactory state of the Police Courts of the Middle Island, and' if 86,.' whether they will /Btate \wh*t ' action they .propose to .take. \; / o'connob voisomm ,case. • All the paper,s, iii, conneciiipn with- the . O'Corinbr poisoning casV were laidL* cm the table.' > '. •,.' '.' iiii* ;'i';'"'./T:O

EOAD.BOf.IBD CBEDZTS. In' reply. (*>> Mr Pykei ibe Hon. J. Baliance said the Government hrd no objeotioa to": furnish a return showing'in detail the amounts, if any, standing to the credit of Koad Boards in the Middle Island bn jthe 31st Maiteh last' :":: •-■ --:

. . CROWH GBANTB TO NATIVES In reply to Taiaroa, the Hon! J.Sheehan laid an pffioer. had been appointed to make arrangements for the issue Of-Crosrn grants to certain half-caste natires in the districts of Otago, and Southland.

SALARIES OF COCNTT OF^ICBBS. In reply tojtr Feldwick;:theHbn:*J. Baliance said a return wa* in course *f preparation,giving particulars as to the salaries,J&c.; tot County officers.

CANTERBURY PUBLIC WORKS. Mr Pyke'Dibved'tbatareiura be laid before the. House showing the amount expended by the- ProviuciarGWe'rnment of Canterbury from the date of settlement of that province to- the date' of .'abolition and the inauguration of the County sy#tem .pn roads.F bridge?, and other (pabljo^works within that portion of* the, said province which is now comprised wittiinthe Counties of Waitaki, Vincent/a'id"the'Lake; also the amount of land;jerenue received by the Provincial Government' of Canter* bury during the' s'anie perib'dC -' The hon. gentleman then went i6d> to - show how much the above Counties .had* spent, and were speeding, in .these districts ln'bric?ing them into communication with the feat 'of- 1 the' fworia,' and *fair'ifiore fdr: the benefit of district than of Otago; ; - l and. l ,aß some, jsneetaj had been thrown out concerning the'money the j Cauntiep j, received ,the Canterbury I land fund (only a portion,of,,which.jbad been spent as indicated),' he catfed for this return in order to show'what Canter* bury ( tdid for these district's wheajthe land was'withiri her own b6unrdaries <.- ;L'i

The Hon. J. Ballance said the* Governmen t, would, .endeavour, to procure .as ' complete' a- 'return i as was' possible* tmdfcr the circumstances. „ ,„. v Li; MVSI^TvAi AND'b'oUKTY Ei©oWMBWTB. - The adjourned-debate-was then-taken on the ,motion by Mr Stevens, namely, that ifiiai'eipedieat Me diCpjiße .should be informed whether the Government will introduce a m'eWdro this^ sfssion dealing with the(,,subjecfcj;of; the endgyments of Crown lands for counties and municipals tieß,:aß .'promised last'besHon.';, |n expression of regret-by Mr Stevens that the'promise : had. riot> beeni kept,! Vac motion was agreed to. J,\ ' '-*' 'landsl alienated- (pbom! [thb , Mr Woolcock moved for a return of t¥e.total area of land alienated froak'rllie Grown-during the past-year, for which the sum of ,£l >: ap,B24; 4»[od had been paid as set forth in table!? of the Financrai Statement;, theraoipun^ of area,- then disposed of I'that'had 1 been^pdrcnased^by persons in quantities exceeding 360 acres; the number of purchasers'up" to 360 acres inclusive, together with the number ot purchasers above that quantity, and the provincial district in which the land was Wl'di GTh'e&btion^s.ag?ee^fo i:sßfri5 J '

MAOBI MUBDBB. The I£on;r'J. i:'-Bheehttri ''stafcea that last night he received a telegram from Waipa (Hawke's Bay), stating that a Maori womap v had. been murdered, and to-day he»lkrn'ed' Mi' the ifoniafr' hU'^een murdered by Maori men; that ittwika an ordipa,ry r .murder, and had no^political sigdifi'carice^whateirer, ;and-' he^hisd^giVito instructions tohave the^murderers arrested and brought' to i rial.'

NE fVVjKIVEE^ HAEBOB ENDOWMENT ?111.., ' This bill was read Hi*second time, ksA> referred to ,the Waste Land Committee to'be dealt with in whatever way it"was decided, to deal, with all the Harbor, jßill*, now before the Committee.' '""' <(> '■" "'"**

The remaining business on _ the,, papee being Government business, the House adjourned. -, .r.V.U w if . SONS 01? 01D COLONISTS. Mr Moss presented a petition from' several hundred sons of old settlers at Auckland,- on the ground of hardships arid services during the war with Ahip na jives, and praying for such relief, es the House might'gran ; t. ( '. 7, „'' ' ' :' 5