PARLIAMENTARY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1428, 12 July 1883, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

; ,:,:i „.„,,(?» TeLE«UPH;)j lU , lf | In the I 'Council yesterday Eome dis,joussip.n place ; on ; :tjij (t %j ((Sir Qmmi ;Whitmobe's tor a return of publio works expenditure in tfie-vdriljflg^ounties^ ! T '■ >MWW J lMß risbl Bill'was .committee^, i; r ( < t .- lm ~ t A£ .H9USB ■■.'; .Lii ijte, Howe,-: the ;JQint;j jspiamittea on Bills reported that the New Zealand Native .Land QoniiiaiiW'Bill was private; Bjll^ 1 lii replying 'to questions,; prpmised-to, amend, thelaw, bo as to spading] onjtq roads, To take steps to compel all mining companies to advertise tbeir annual statements in jfche, Gipette. Had no power W prevent 1 Carey or other informera from landing k they came to ,the, colony, Would propose a, measure for securing* the 'arrest 4f' a'bficonaing husbands,

' '/Mr Hutohison moved for leavo to introduce -a' Bili ! tb repeal 'tiui 'Goiitaigibuiß/D.isdales)4ct, .-. The Hon Mr Rolleston and Mr iPiKE.i;opp6sed : f snich'ia'measure, and ■■ Messrs;) Monwomeby, Holmes, and otto said it':hadrwbtke4-iio4t.latis-faojorilyin Christqhurch.. / \.-.. |, ([ Leave,to, as re-. fused the' Companies Act .Amendment BiU (ShawJ.was readim time. . - M mmwt ttmflnedjtne)tfebate on MrMonfgomery s resolutions; which >he supported.- He objected to the

A ,.compact.made j\with ther .Canterbury - ,o^e4tooU l thl .MiWjoaj* rail;.<!.X^\Vayiflpd.expressed liffl&lflatili, as he always had, been; 1 a- Pjrdviucialiat. •• Mr J ; W. TnoMPSoKsaid |Le couno ■■\V.\ty I'wag;'(lissatjsfiedi'but' |s| lpng as [,';'". bjotkwe'd nioneyicould.beigottlie dissatisfaction would,not show itspjf very 'plainly. In Otago, they could on ' • ,: ' ■ very well if left toth'eniselvej},,, lit was impossible to transact the, reaj biisiv'° ! ness of the country in' that'Hpuse. He - '; would support th'p msoliition, although •'' o ''- : ' he would prefer a cuiijiikitw Reparation; of the two Islands. j ; ~.,„!! ,: „Mr Pish accused the' Government of- discourtesy <tb the House in not , u putting.up" spine onp ofi this '"" 'important subject, and of unfairness iiv treatitig the'motion iis one of Np-Cptfj ■fldence: .'He'would support the resolu- '• '/'■ tions as affirming a principle, but as a matter of detail would like insular' i\\) separation] Government '' "' _at 'Wellington,,, lir Hp„alsp. t criiiciaed 'Xii ■!• &W' li speech l ' it j spnio .to', iJength. nil'; el i'u/i!!':';i ■■■■•^j.■(,.'.,. V..1..U >".:MrMunro .opposedth ! d'resolutions. •'•'•'; The County'^storn,liad ; well,' '■.,,.!: tent now existing ■was-;mild"cornpared i,' vnto/what' existed; ;in' the out; .districts under Provincialism^''",'.,'",'! "' '.; ,'i: • ; '•'- 'Mr'Holileb said he wOuld not vote ..- v.-. I>atall if the inotioit was to' bo treated '. ! ! ' ' ! as a' No-Cdrifidciice, ,,He sup"l ■'['; ported the ( 'resoiutions,jbut:iWOuld not; ; ,; : ,,; : )iko to seea return-to the extravagancy :, ,'. ji. of Provincialism.: The /Government, • he contehdwli, Had .deludej:! \arid ,hood-

,; Winked"jlLe,„C^nterJ)ury, i: members by ' holding out hopes of'their getting, tho .«••) t£180;000ifor the West Coast Railway. The Hon Major Atkinson inter- : rupted' to deny the statement..', Under no ! civcumst'anceß ;: would tho Go 1 vera- .. iUienti' consent 'to that sum .being diverted from the .purpose for which it had Been,y_q£ed., ;,, \i ,<, ( i ,; • i' '' Mr' Holmes ..continued, criticising the evils of central-administration in ■'• rcahy respects. ' " " Mr Connolly thought it waste of tinio to discuss the possibility of giving fresh life! to tho.'dry bones of .provincial-' ism. His experience, and .that; of his constituents, had been that provincialism was the.most centralising system possible , He; would not remain ah'hour in the Government if it con- . sented to divert the £180,000;; ;" ' ; , Captain Mackenzie' thought; the ' present system of local self-government satisfactory, sufficient,.and. a great improvement on provincialism. f Mr Pike moved the adjournment of the debate, and the House rose at 12,10.