PARLIAMENTARY

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 2698, 18 September 1885, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY

(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION,)

THURSDAY,

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,

The Council met at 2.30. p.m., and went into Committee on the. Land Bill, no important amendment being made. The Council adjourned at 5 till 7.30. EVENING SITTING. A number of Bills were advanced a stage, and the Council adjourned at 12,25 a.m.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Replying to questions, it was stated that wattle was being planted in various partß of the North Island, but Dr Hector considered it would be well to restrain the planting till a blight which it introduee.d was destroyed; that the junction of the Napier-Woodville lines with the New Plymouth-foxtfm Ijne >vquld be at Palmpton.

Mr Stout moved tl# tlje House will to-morrow resolve itself into a committee of the whole, to cousider the question of the San Francisco mail service. Agreed to. On the question being put that the resolutions be reported from the Committee of Supply, Mr Seddon moved as an amendment that a sum of £SO be granted for the payment of the Chairman of the Goldfields Committee. Agreed to without discussion.

On the question being put that the District Railways Act be re-committed for further consideration, Mr Steward movod that the Waimate railway be inserted in the schedule of the Bill, The amendment was carried by 29 tq 21. The Schedule as j}menf}ed was parriefl by 32 to 24 /

On the motion that the Bill be read a third time, Mr Seddon moved that the' Bill be read a third time that day month, He ejiterefl hjs prpfcosj; against tjie Bill, and said a large pumber of numbers were interested in the passing of tho measures. He also protested againßt the inclusion of the Waimate line, and pointed out that the expenses of that lino for four months were £l2B, while tho receipts were only £ll6. Mr Stout liked to see the virtuous indignation displayed by the member for Kumara, but that honorable gentleman must have forgotten that he not only voted for the Bill last year, but also voted for giving the Government instructions fo ppjiafie tlje Ijne qf railway. He pointed out that the Government wore pot spending money on these lines; they were simply giving bpnd§ for their construction,

Messrs Rolleston, Hamlin, Beetham, Samuol, Fisher and Barron opposed the Bill, and Sir Julius Vogel supported it. Be considered the HouseJiad done well to include the Waimate line in the schedule, as it would be purchased cheaper than any other line,

Mr Turnbull also ' supported the Bill.

The motion for the third reading was then put and carried by 33 to 28,

Ujp House rope at 5,? Q. Evening Sitting,

Tl)e District Railways Purchasing Bilj was passed on division by 2f to 20, Sir Julius Vogel gave notice that next evening he would move "thrt the Government be authorised to contract for a mail service between Sydney and Auckland Honolulu, and San Franscisco, or Auckland and Honolulu, with efficient provision for the carriage of mails to and from San Franscisco, so that the whole time shall

not exceed twenty days, at a cost to the Colony, not computing estimated receipts from other colonies, not exceeding £IB,OOO, and failing such arrangement being practicable the Government be authorized to contract for a service between Sydney, Auckland and San Franscisco at the same rate of time, at a cost to the Colony of, not computing the estimated receipts from any other colonies, not exceeding £23,000.

The Railway Authorisation Bill was read a third time and passed, The Property Tax Bill was read a third time. The House went into Committee of Supply. Immigration £30,373. M Ballance, in explaining the item, said £IO,OOO would be sufficient for the introduction of Crofters. He argued that the introduction of the right class of people did not mean intensifying the depression, but on the contrary, would tend to increase the comforts of the people. Mr White moved that vote of £IO,OOO be struck out.—Carried. Tho immigration vote as amended was then passed. The Huse rose at 1,15 a.m.