PARLIAMENTARY.
[Pub Pbess Association.]
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.^
Wellington, Yesterday j Replying to questions, Ministers said'? they had no information as to the cost of surreys of land under the Land Transfer Act. The owners made their own: bargains with the surveyors.—jWhereyer it could be^dqgiethe* hospitals, orphanages, ■and charitable aid were placed under local tnqjpagement.—Two years* salary,: equal to 16310,' .would be given to the widow of .Warder Adams, recently murdered'*in Nelson. She was about to return to Europe. Government could not say whether they were prepared to increase the sum.—Government thought it iwftuld be possible under the present law t6 impose a duty on the importationof boiled fruit.—Government would try to pass the bounties Act Amendment Sill this session.—Government would consider the' question of renewing the bonus for the manufacture of printing paper. The following new bills were introduced and read a first time:—Otago Book (Atkinson), Electric Telegraph Act Amendment, Auckland Hospital Reserves (Dick), Harbors Act Amendment (Atkinson). Native Reserves, West Coast Settlement Reserve Act Amendment, West Coast Peace Preservation ActrOofc> tinuance, Middle Island Half-caste Grants (Bryce), Restrictions Extinguishment (Grey). *-•'• * On the motion for going |into supply, Mr, Ivess moved an amendment that in the opinion of the House it is desirable that Government should cause provision to be made for the payment of all costs which candidates might be mulcted in through no fault of their own in prosecuting election petitions, subject to the Court being satisfied that the election was void through the laches or errors of the Returning Officers or Deputies, and not by'the candidate who may have contested the voided election. —Mr Dick opposed the amendment, and quoted the report of the Select Committee on the'subject last year.—Mr Duncan supported the amendment. Mr Shepherd thought the House |must either, adopt, it or repeal the
Corrupt Practices Act with its innumerable pitfalls. -— Mr Macandrew urged the immediate repeal of that Act and of the Election Petitions Act.— Mr Wynn-Williams thought the Courts much to blame for allowingsuch enormous costs in election petitions. He thought that the Act should be altered so that all the elections should not take place on one day, which would enable experieaced officers to be emploj^Kfind that the maximum of costs to be allowed to any petition case Should be "fixed" lJky at £200. Nothing I would rejoice tbeliearts of lawyers more , than making the colonial treasury respon ; sible for costs. There would be petitions ineyery election then;—MrShrimski.supported the amendment—Mr Montgomery! would support the amendment if the eX-\ penses. of petitioners' lawyers were noc charged against Government.—Messrs: j Feldwick||* and Smith supported the amendment.—Major Atkinson admitted that legislation on the subject, would 'be \ required next session, but could not pledge ' ;Governmen|to its direction. -The amendment was tfegatived on a division of 41 to B4i, and the House went inio supply.— In supply on the vote for land purchases, North Island, £72,000, Mr Macandrew, as a Southern man, protested against the South, being asked to pay a penny for these land purchases in the North.—Mr Bryce said the Grey Government, of which Mr Macandrew was a member, had contrackjdovera million of liabilities for these piAbases! He did not think above half of 'viral, vote asked for would really be Mr Macandrew denied that he had ever been a party to any such agreements.—Mr A. Mac Donald accused the present Government of throwing' the Patetere block into the hands of speculators.—Mr Turnbull thought Mr Bryce had become demoralised since he took office.-i-Mr Bryce said' the Government got enough land out of Patetere to pay advances. —Mr Sheehan, at considerable length, defended the land purchase policy of the ■ Grey Government. He charged the present Government with having no native policy at all, and if settlement were stopped by tbe unfair interference of the Soiith in the matter it would lead up to separation.-■-•Mr vSheehanV Sir G. Grey, Messrs ; Bryce, Macandrew, Stevens, Moss, Kelly, and others, spoke at con* siderable length on , the general question of Native Land Purchases and the laws relating, to. them. After considerable discussion, the vote passed.
Lateb.—This day. 'Class 7, Goldfields BoaSte, £39,000, passed.—Class 8, Waterworks on Gold' fields, £21,000.—1n replying to a- sur^ gestion of Mr . Seddon, Mr Eolleston said the Government were not prepared to hand over water-races or sludge channels to local bodies. The vote passed.—Class 9, Telegraph Extension, £27,190, passed.—Class 10, Public Build, ings, £215,000.—Mr Allwright protested against such a large expenditure on public buildings out of the Loan. —Mr Fish moved that the item New Gaol at Wanganui, £40,000. be reduced by £20,000. This ' was lost by 19 to 20.— White then moved to- redece the item by £1000: this was carried by 20 to 17.— Mr George moved to strike out the item towards New Gaol at Dunedin, £2000.— Mr Connolly explained that thiSiWas to enable the Government to purchase a newsite, if one could be found.'-The motion for reduction was lost by <J4tt^lG—Messrs Fish and Steward regretted that there was no vote on the Estimates for new printing office at Wellington, as the present ones are absolutely dangerous. —The remainder of the items of this class were agreed to.—Class 11/ Lighthouses and Harbor Works, £64,866. Mr Duncan objected to the items for Westport, Greymouth, and Hokitiki harbors, saying that those places should be made to rate themselves, as he complained Oamaru had bad to do for its harbor. Mr Fish objected to some of these items, and urged that progress be reported. The vote, for lighthouses of £21900 passed, and progress was reportrd on the harbor works vote.—The House rose at 3.30 a.m., until 7.30 p.m. today. l
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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4559, 15 August 1883, Page 2
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