PARLIAMENTARY.

Thames Star, Volume XI, Issue 3592, 1 July 1880, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

(Pbk Pbbss Association.)

HOUb OF EEPKESENTATIVES.

WELLINGTON,

luesday. Mr; Speight resumed his speech at half past three to a very slender House spealing from voluminous notes. He madman effective attack on the Ministry, especially the Minister of Works, who, be said; went at railway speed through the district, and when requests for work werfij&iade he referred people to the HailwayjljDommission. When he visited the NoiC—.. . : • ,;, •■■ ■ \.\ .-.•■ ■. ..-.-; Mr Lundon: He never visited the N#i». _.--._ ■■■■'-. .:■ - ! -'• ■ . •■..: ■fe; Speight: The hon. gentleman tfcists there is no North but the Buy of IsHndii. -: : Speight continued: He twitted the Gp^rnmest with inconsistency in ridiculing Sir George Grey* s proposal to tax English land- holders, when they propos<4 to tsx them two per cent. Mr Oliver had left many letters unanswered, but ff hen Mr Hamlin waited upon him, andcomplained of letters not Being replied to, jlr Oliver said, '■• Had I known it was froij you I would have answered it." fyr Oliver: I say distinctly the press mi/interpreted my answer. . ' ilr Speight went on to refer to the dismissal of Mr Puekey. He said it cotfd not be from motives of ecoponoy, an| that ■ officer had been a consistent frind of the Continuous Ministry, and gfae out of his way to aid them. He ajreed with Sir W. Fox that his constituents at Rangitikei had not read the Jroperty assessment Bill. Had they so they would not have re-, timed hint? In reference to Sir Wm. Jox's statement that two-thirds of the people would not have sent in returns, he quoted a clause of tlie'Act that all persons irhether exempt or not, must send in a return when required to do so. He reviewed the main poinis in Sir W. Fox's speech. Before Sir George Grfey ; acquired Eawau Island it was secured by

ifriends of the Ministry by a juggling j trick, for ,which anyone on the diggings I would be Lynched, and not only the I Island itself, bat far out under the wafer/ iandjretSir W. Fox talked o£4^e gragj^. ibjf^EiSeirciea 'of tfiTl'ffitmbe^^^-ffie Thames. If the, typical Yorkshireman that the member for Rangitifcei had described applied for; land he would not be told to go to Kawau, but that all the best lands for years past had been monopolised by agents of English Land Companies. Like Sir W. Fox, Judge GHllies had denounced Vogel's poiicy when votes were openly bought and\sold for political railways, and had refused to share lin the proceeds of the plunder, for which he was called a fool. He might be a fool politically, but was politically honest, i The men who now condemned Vogel were the men who feasted at his table. They swore by him, and branded him as a political saviour of the colony. These men now poured on him scorn and contempt which they would not dare to do to his face. L^et Sir Julius Yojge! be dismissed, not as punishment for| carrying out the policy which had been/well conceived by him, but corrupted bj his successors, but because the office wasjno longer necassaryi and do not let anymore political support: be purchased by Appointing a member of the House as big successor. H« disclaimed any sympathy with abolishing the existing system o| education. He advocated the resumpt»k by the State of endowments set aside ■•Mr industrial and primary education, now Uiing applied to the education of the sons a the, rich. He proposed to take from

ptago and CftJs r bury s« million acre of pasfcor^j' aa j j an( j o ifer them on jteWSfpSmenti for an amount payable "l 5 yearf yielding £400,000 annually. Comparing the cost of Provmcial Governmottta with the present local Government, "showed that one county in Canterbury hac% revenue of £71,000, only £3000 of whieit,was raised from rates, while it spent I^o,ooo on works,£2ooo on salaries, £1000 b\ travelling expenses, and # £2000 on sundries, He deprecated recriminatjgjgj by old mewbers, who^ sivn^Jm an I example to young members, ,y*^ j Welkn^on, Wednesday. The House met^at 2.30 today. = CHINEE^ IMMI&BATION. . Mr Hutchison gave notice that he would intijoduce a bill to resist Chinese immigration. .;r aOVEBNMENT HOUBE, HOKITIKA. In replying to questions., is was stated that the rent payable) for Gorernment House, Hokitika, was £50 per annum. The rent went to the Treasury, not to the County. WAIPA LANDS. A sum of £224 had been advanced upon the Motahi, and Orangi block, at Waipa, East Coast, but it was refunded, and the proclamation on the land removed. The .. land was in the occupation of Captain Porter, and was not acquired by a land agent. There were stringent rules for prohibiting agents dealing in lands.

THE WAKA MAORI LIBEL CASE

A further inquiry showed that £809 had been paid to the plaintiffs' solicitor in the Waka Maori case more than ought to hare been paid, on the authority of the late Native Minister, Mr Sheehan. The subject would be remitted for inquiry by the~J** WirrtfcecoTnitg* Ommaiite&v^- The answer made to the question yesterday was made in error.

BOTTLE LICENSES.

Government did not see its way to alter the provisions in the Licensing Bill abolishing bottle licenses.

SALE OF WAIMATE. PLAINS

The Waimate Plains were being surveyed, and would be opened before long for sale.

BATES TO LOCAL BODIES.

Government would no.t pay rates to the local bodies on lands situated above the snowline.

TECHNICAL BDrCATION AND. THE CIVIL

SEBVICE.

The recommendations of the Royal Commissioners to offer Civil Service appointments as prizes to be competed for by students of the IS'ew Zealand Universities was being considered, but had not yet taken a practical shape. They were desirous of encouraging the pursuit of technical education, and when the whole question arose Government would endeavor to make arrangement accord ingly

GOYEBNMENT AND THE INVEBCAH&ILL

LICENSING BENCH.

Government was not disposed to interfere with the objection made by the Licensing Commissioners of Invircargill to renew licenses unless the premises were re-built in brick, stone or concrete. A municipal bye-law to the effect had been passed at Invercargill. "" ~ -

lAND FUND.

The surplus land fund of Otago and Canterbury had been paid^ over in accordance with the Financial Arrangements Act. „ , ' . eailway WAGae^s/ - , The Middle Island Engineer reported there was no foundation fofriae statement made in the report of the Boyal Civil Service Commission, page 6, " wagons built by contract ip Bunedfn were delivered in Christchurch at the end of jas| year in a state thus ; djpcrH>ed by vr witness, " Some of thesewera disgraceful i —bad workmauship, bad timber, the timber was unseasoned, sttf|gy Wk was put instead of iron bark, tip points were not properly made, some of 'them had the bottom, frames held up onfy by the nails ill the flooring board*; some of them we had almost to rebuild within six weeks." ' . BONDS FOB BAIIWAT PXIVIttE^ES. A deposit of a £100 with two bondsmen for £500 was required from the lessees of railway refreshment rooms; and £5 deposit with similar bondsmen for lessees of book stalls.

GOLDFIELDS TAXATION.

Government' could not say they would support any measure for the equalization of taxation for local purposes upon gold miners and gold mining property until they saw the measure.

BILLS INTBODUCBB. The following Bills were introduced:— Legalising Payment of Members of G«neraldKßsembly (Seddon)] to Amend the Portr'Molgneaux Reßerves Leasing Act 1876'(Thoftpson); Fire and Marine Insurance Companies (Dick); Jackson's Say Settlement (Dick). :» /NO CDNF^NCB DEBATE. > was ngsumed by Mr McLean who spoke in faver of the Government* and was continued by Mr Seddon in oppositioa to the financial policy. It was interrupted by the, 5.30 adjournment.