PARLIAMENTARY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1171, 6 September 1882, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

-.'•' * :,.- .<;(';'; (?NITEp PRESS.ASSOCIATION.) ; ,' In the Legislative 'Council' yesterday a t resolution was passed yhat;fur the re i niainder of the aeaaiori 'the Government , bills .may he. passed, .through all .'their stages on the same day. : .'', :; ' f The' Rwumptipn, ,Lihd:, for' Mining Purposes and Reserves'in Mining Dis- , triots Bill was read i" third time' and j passed. The Patea Land <wd Tea Examination Bills were read a second I 'time,' the. Natiye Und ;Divig|on Bill and t Native Land Act Amendment Bill were , passed through Committee.. As also the j Otago Harbour Boards Bill, , After considerable discussion the Canterbury Eivers ActAmendmentßill and Napier High Bch ol Bill nas reada third time and passed. The Resident j Magistrates Act Amendment Bill waß ! thrown out, ' L , _ln the House the whole afternoon sit- [ tiog was occupied'in committee on the' , Beads Construction 1 Bill, a great number' of amendments being proposed, but none of importance made! -.'' , At the evening sitting the consideration' of the Roads and Bridges Construction' j Bill was .continued in committee, Mr that the 20 per cent Udtund should be ■ spent in the provincial district in whioh it accrued. - • . ,; j A long discmaion ensued, Mr MaoanI drew and the Hon. John Hall supporting , and Mr Levastam 'opD.oainij the amend--I ment', which on division-waß negatived ' by 33 to 32, Ayes:—Messrs Allwright, Barrow,. Bracken, J. C. Brown, J, | Buohanan, DeLautour, Daniel, Duncan, . Feldwiok, Fergus, Ful.on. M; W. Green; . Hall, Ivesa, Joyce. Macandrew, F. ; MoKenzie, McMillan, Montgomery; Pyke Pearson, Seaton, Steward, Sutter; J. W. j Thompson, H. Thompson, Tomoana, Turnbull, Weston, W. White, Wright. Noes:-Hon. Major Atkinson, Mews Beetham, Bryc'e,;. W,;.:C. 'Buohanan', Cadmao, Connolly, Dick', Doda<m, Driver Fitzgerald, Harris, Hobba/Hurs'thousß,Hurst, W. Jolmstoi!. Kelly, Levin, Mason Mitohelsoo, Morris, Moss, Mutiro, Petrie, Rolleston, Rutherford, Shepherd, Smith, i Sutton, Swansun, Tawhai, Trimble, Watt, J J,B. Whyte I The clause, as printed, was passed by - 35 to 33, and the remainder- of the Bill ( passed. . . After he usual-..adjournment, the j Houae went into Committee. mi: the . Crown and Native Lind Rating Bill, . On clause 2,, Mr Te Wheoro moved i to limit the rate on Natiye laud to land i which had passed through the Natiye Land Court, A II tbe Native members suoported this, 1 and after a long discussion 'i; was lost by ! 46 to 21. : A further, proposal to strike out the words "all Native lands" was lost by 37 to 14. The clause was amended so ns to render all Crown, lands wii Inn five miles i of a road »r bridle track liable to rates, i and exempting NHtive lands mora thaD five miles awa/ from a coach road or highway, A long discussion took place.o 0 ol ause 4. After 1,30 the remiinirig clausei of the bill were passed wi'twm mtterial alteration, and. the bill was reported as amended. ;■• :'"' The House roiß at 2.40 till 2 May. "; —————