PARLIAMENTARY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1453, 10 August 1883, Page 3

PARLIAMENTARY.

UNITKD ?KEB3 ■ ASSOi IATIoN. ''' tEOISLATiyE COUNCIL. ! In the Council yesterday S< ;!• lm's College Hemoval.Bill and the Westhmd Education Subdivision Bill wero rend a third time and passed/; The Confederation and 'Annexation Bill ,rbj passed through eommi> tee after some ,discussion, . The Mining Compauy's Act Amendment ■ Bill war read'a second time. • Aokland, Holmes, G, B, "2 Johnston, JJenziea, Miller, Kichmond, •Robinidni Williainson, and Poljen were •:£ppbjtite'd »•' committee on Direct Steam ■ vSqrtice,-' ; '• , • •• OF ftEPRESENTAITIYES, *i»|'uVe;Honi'- Sir Dick as a rtaffof ".priyilegij drew attention to Mr Fish : hkving Communicated to the ..Dunedin •Chamber of Cummerct) some of the evidence given before the Telephono Committee. The Speaker ruled that doing this was a breaoh of privilege, and after a brief discnsßipn the matter dropped, Keplying to Mr Mitohelson the Don. Major Atkinson said the Government had neter considered the question of disfranchising civil servants, the railway ami other Government employees, Messrs Grey, Fish, and Moss condemned the' Government for not saying 'at once • they would' have nothing to do with any such monstrous proposal,. . .. • Replying to questions Ministers said they would see what could be done to . assiat.Nova Scotifin sotilors in this colony . to get their friends from that oolony, On application they were always willing whero possible to hand over gravel quarries and watering reserves to' the local bodies to manage, They would not relieve districts rated for local railways from payment of Property Tax. The WipapapivPuint light would probably be completed .in; t,wo months, They would do all tbey could to alloviateany hardship endured by the Oxford passengers in quarantine. The prisoner ilyan, who . eicaped from eustody when being taken to Lytteltou for release, would be released afier doing fourteen days extra. The Settled' Land Bill (Connolly) was introduced and read a firat time. ' Messrs Kolleston, Johnßtou, Macaudrew, Montgomery, Joyce, Suttou, W, C. _ Buchanan, Swanson, George, and Driver, were'appointed a committeo on the Direct Steam Service, Several local Bills wore advanced a stage, . ' . . ' ~1 ® Ohattols.Seouritiea Bill was passed, Mr BhYpß moved, ithe second 'reading Bative .Laqd. Laws Bill, Ho reviewed the coijrse, pf past legislation and-attempted legislation on this difficult .ftutstion . He"-thought most 'of the .natye lands, before- the title to'thei was 'aisertpe!, and this the Bill propoaba to ■top under beayy: penaltieo. The presence of ifitifopeali lawyers'in the Native' Land Gout# flanWd dlnfasion and delay; aud it iwas proposed -t'o % jp#ohibit their employments -Hewai'in favor of- a resioration of the preemptive right of the Crown,,and' if this Bill did not : roTnedy-the existing evils he would next year propose to revert .tojhat, even if a new loan should be necessary to put the Crown in-a'position to buy,. llr DeLadiouk thought neither the Native Minister, qor the. Bill went far enough, Parliament ..might have had pood intentions in the past, but its legislation on this question had been a succession of blundering, and plundering. We were now legislating to protect other People's property so as to get it ourselves. 'He reviewed the ''beneficial results of ihe East Coast Land Settlement' Company; and expressed a wish that there wero. many others like it carrying on i ojerauoni in differfcnt parte of the North Island, He would 'support the Govern • inent jn excluding lawyers from ihe Court where investigations of native title were going oiii but not from sub division cases. Ho ,woi|ld iilsb iupport absolute prohibitum ofill negotiation for purchase before' tbd tifttivfi tifcfewas ascertained, .. Mr Tawai supported the Bill as an approach.tp reviving the Crown's pre smptivjj.right asuranted by the Treaty of Waitaogi.... The penalties should be made more'were howover, ' Mr Mbss strongly opposed the Bill. The Maones, he thought, were quite able to take-care of themselves, and we should' cease to treat them as children. The Bill would lookup tho lands and stop settlement, .while it would throw tho native owners into the hands of rapaoious money lenders, .If tho law was altered so a« to let hapuß form themselves into joint atook companies in which the individual rights could be vested a roal reform would bo made, but the ten per cent duty had now to be paid before this could be done. That duty should in such cases Ijb allowed to remain a charge against the Sttd. ikSniTok, supported the Bill gene'certain amendments would®,required in committee, ■ Mr Shaw.'would vote for the second reading, but if the Bill passed in its present sliapo it would ruin, many men who - had for years been engaged, in negotiations wore yet unfinished, and who-had advanced large sums on the . uncompleted purchases, which would be rimd ? red'invalid; If the Maorisidid not wish to get-aßsistance in these Courts, ho was quite,,willing the ilawyers .should be woluded.,-btjt the Govethrifent, also, should be prohibited from 'obtaining assistance there. Colonel Trtolis: BupporttfS tiie Lill' most strongly, but would like. io. see. it rendered more penal.'Heqdoted instances where thelawyeri'costs had exceeded tho value of .the land jJuljthropgh'the court) and said the lawyert : fre,'iuently,- toOk'ftei from butb sidtr .. Mr W. -G. J3lx'£ANfif supported the aecond reading,,.but. indicated tt numbar of amendment* whieli*' lie • thought should. bß.made iii cuinmittee.. . ; i Mr, A. Mapdoimlp strongly opposed the Bill.. It Was a"wretched half measure. He would "rather see the Crown's preemptive right boldly restored at once. He aoouced the Government of gross maladministration in native'affairs, ' Mr Wait expressed his entire approval of the Bill, Mr Stevens entered at considerable length into the merit?!,of the Bill/urging that the Courts mlgltf do much.good by being careful as 'tjFwlioih they appointed aU .#^ l « lei8 ' <#• '.' He 1 would, in comP'W'fflovo a : .now sbßruse h intacM existing equitable rights in land negotiations,'. » netr clause to reStort Crotfni preemptive right Mr Hmxajjp moved .'the'adjourn' ment.oMhe'diibatw Tbj Housp rose at 12,46,