PARLIAMENTARY.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4564, 21 August 1883, Page 3

PARLIAMENTARY.

[Per Pbess Association.]

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Wellington, Yesterday. The House met at 2.30. JTHE LAND .BILL. Mr Connolly moved the second reading of the Settled Land Bill. It was Bubstan* tially the same as the Alienation of Land Bill of last session, and of the Act recently passed in the Imperial Parliament on the same subject.—Mr DeXautour did not think the bill tended to abolish entail and settlement of land; it would rather encourage them. He moved, as an amendment, " That the House did not desire to encourage the making of land settlements in New Zealand, and that the Government be advised to withdraw this bill and _ introduce another more in accordance with the bill of last session."—Mr Seddon opposed the bill.—Mr Sheehan would support the bill to the second reading as a step in the right direction, but hoped it would not be Sroceeded with further.—Mr Sutter was issatified with the bill, and moved that the debate be adjourned.—Mr Macandrew opposed the bill a 8 quite unsuited to the requirements of the colony.—Mr Moss designated' it as a perfect fraud, and not at all in the direction the House had affirmed.—Mr J. W. Thomson opposed the bill.—Mr Shepherd thought the bill would prevent the tying up of land, and so obviate the great evils which that system had caused in England.—Mr Fitzgerald did not think members had bad time to' consider the bill.—Mr Sutton Opposed the bill.—Mr Connolly consented to the adjournment of the debate. —Mr Montgomery asked would Government introduce the Alienation of Land Bill, which had previously been proposed? That was, what the House and country wanted. —Mr Bolleston said Government would state its intentions on Thursday.—The debate was adjourned to Thursday.

LAND ACTS AMENDMENT BILL. In committee, replying to Mr J W. Thompson, Mr Bolleston said he proposed inserting clauses to give effect to the recommendations of the committee on the Otago dummyism.—On clause 12, an amendment of Sir G. Grey's to substitute " ballott" for " tender" was lost by 37 to 30. On Col. Trimble's motion " auction/ was, on the voices, substituted for "tender." Clause 14 was^amended to read " not less than 21 years." In the same clause, the words "from time to time by public tender" were omitted on a division of 42 to 13. The clause as amended passed. Lateb.—This day. In Committee, in clause 10, amendments to prevent the indiscriminate destruction of timber were made, and clause 12 caused i a lot of discussion. Sir Geo. Grey pro» posed to lease by ballot at the upset price, but this was negatived by 37 to 30; and a further amendment in favor of auction also failed. On clause 17 Mr Larnach tried to get the residence of an overseer or a manager substituted for a compulsory residence by the lessee, but bis motion was:.negatived by 32 to 23. A proviso of the clause allowing residence within 20 miles in certain places, was struck out by 30 to 24. Clauses np to 20 were passed with slight amendments, and the House | rose at 1.5. ,