PARLIAMENTARY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1164, 29 August 1882, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

(UNITED press ASSOCIATION.),!, ; f T IfT p '"mi >F —fl '■■ 1 J lu'the Legislative Cotrocil y&terday'the Mineß Act Amendment Bill, the Lyttleton Harbor Bqard jjlUhe EinployeesjLmbility of Telegrams Bill, were ilifl and passed! i The Native Land Act Amendment Bill, the Natives Land Division Bili, thVjOtago Harbor Board Bill, the Public Health' Bill, ! WMffliMlmtLt Bill? Gold i W,mi babbit Nuisance Bill, were read a second time, and ' the Timaru High School Bill, and' Imprest Supply Bi}l.No. 4, was passed through committee. ' j In the House yesterday the Land Kill was omajdMsion ojnfMoffi) r.ecbmmit'te'd, and ) newwradsntojiosMly it^.^Mb iCj'-nzib, inserted forbidding any person hold t ing frprq the Crown Lands capable |ofWry ; . iug 25,000 sheep or 40Q cattjo beaming a | ■ leMe'e.o||ny'|mpi^and,r < |he jßill jm» then The House then went into' committee, on the Hon, Mr Johnston's direct st o am iervioe resolutions,. After spine discussion', Clause; 1 was agrped'to. Ouclauso2 Mr! Dxegavilli moyed an amendment that the J'risco contract should be extended forfivje "years, During jUmPO? Jilf -Johnsm" faid that New MA 4MUmWm W hope o( joining i New Zealand in extending the Frisco gontract. }ts cost to thiscolony, was now only £3,5J0 aWr, ■ |ki t[%Afe|)9nWßiing.Mttinfi Mr Dargayille's ', and the; original -resolution agreed to, Onolatise 3 MrJoHNston said that tenders would be called" (or; ihe direot mercantile service. I ..WuaethatftoUubsidy should be raised by those parts of the colony which are benefitted, I • ■* Sir JohnJlaJ/L moved as aD amendment that the service should be every tw( months. instead of every month, «£, Mesars Eeviri ?yke,: Macandrew W* (L | iff, M Green, and ' tnoqriginaf'mot on, and Messrs seddon, Shepherd, anil Sheehan opposed it. sir'jobn Hah s amendn|ent was negatived by 53 to 32, and Mr Lpvastam's: (M V.M9JM 6 waathen passed' as printed aim also Mo. 4. No, 5 waWrried" by 44 to 23. After the usual adjournment,; on clause B"Mr Shrimaki moved th"aj,|ftjie.; amount of subsidy be £20,000 instead 0f£40,000, Mr Johnston said, the i io.takei J MmUMUMM.m,) BiiLwarlteJd a long term. It would be better to give more for a shorter period. The route and port of call would b^ ( left toi the- contractors. Several, amendmentswere proposed, but ultimately; fheflO.'OQOw'as struck out on a division of 4fj to 30 and £2O,fIO(J inserted by 58 to 18, i Junended; waspasß.eq\ No. 7 was, at Mr Fi»liJ.a u §ugv gestion, amended by requiring tenders to f be called /or- <jjie- aprvico,,and. as Amended ; ks-agree w,| . Hoiisl flioj) Resumed.' ' ind the were repofteo and agreed to on a division of 52 to 9;" '■*'" The House rose at 2. i|,J,lld "' -=: _ TJiilo it THIS DAY. . The Bouse met at noon. The Protection ■' '^™ießfams»^Bill ! >Wa , B V^ofe, d 1 from the. Legislative Council were agreed to, i " li!o ' J '' K Keplying-to-Mr Sutton, Mr Btyce said the Government understood that petitioned Walter fhrimpton was satisfied jvith the * there further jittiMfflrM WraHthe qffinionfpfthe Court M#|lJ 8 |H h 4 e i the Jsl tive lands ' duty paidly him was correctly assessed by the Chief Judge: ■ I In to Mr ifyke the Hbji/i&jf, I 'te? 6 iS4?l{ the police wereYairty toll paid,''' and that no addition to the present lates ii pay was contemplated Claims of lpng service men Dick said tile government 'would |be u prp- ( , pared to take steps to supplypuuliolijiraiies 1 ipA&djies Df f red Molir, Bpplying tq Jfr Danikll Mr Dioi said a subsidy fgrjjjhr&ries would b,e qn' the supplementary estimates, a,nq if passed would be distributed amongst Librar %wjth-, put. delay, f oara T beipg f taken that small' ; the sum. ." Replying to J; W, Thjoijson Mr ton said the expense of forest conversation was so great that th<> Government o mid not consent to timber licenses being mad< County revenue. Replying to Mr Tole. Mr Dick s iid that in the ca«eof "Uronat Auokland, chargM with embezzlemenc, a miscarriage o ' justice appeared to have taken place, and amendffleiitsin the taenj Apt would 'ie made sb as to mfeet tge: teqait'epients g{ SlSilaf oases. '° ' " f "-' 1 '" ' : i '. ■•'' ileplying to Mrf eldwiok, Mr Die t said.it was sb late in the session the Gov unment did not propos'e to" press Bankrilp ;oy ,Apt A this session. The Bill would be oroutaM during recess ?o as to enable the mi roantile publip to fprm an, ea f irnate as to :ts provlsfenj, ■ '•' , i. 1 fieniying to Mr Steward, Major alckijjso!) snid ten'per cent reduction had bsen generally res'tored on salaHes'of officials, ] •The House adjourned at 1 until 2 30 pmt* 1 Rajjn and Ijfore have for sale SOOjbasheU'.' of priine seed potato oats, any oneraqniriiig a first class sample should call iat Eapp and Hare's.—Advt, )'.".■■