PARLIAMENTARY

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2325, 19 June 1886, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY

(United Press Association.)

LEGISLATIVE OOU\ T CI

Mr Bathgate moved a motion embodying lengthy resolutions, having for their object a recommendation that the Council advise the Government to take away from the Banks the privilege of issuing paper currency, and establishing a State Bank of Issue. Mr Bathgate spoke at great length, and used generally some arguments employed by him last session on the occasion he brought in the Bill for the establishment of a State Bank of Issue. The whole system, he remarked, of permitting Banks to issue paper currency, was pernicious, and if a panic occurred the holders of notes would suffer. Shares in the banks.of the colony were held principally by capitalists in England, who cared not for the colony. He hoped the Council would agree with his motion, and if the Government were advised to bring in a Bill having for its object the issue of paper currency, commerce, and pastoral and agricultural pursuits would flourish, and the people generally would be the gainers. The motion was agreed to on a division ayes 12, noes 11, Otago and Wellington Harbour Board Leasing and Limitation of "Votes Bills were read for the first time, and the Imprest Supply Bill was passed through all its stages. The Animal's Protection Bill was recommitted, an unimportant amendment was agreed to and the Bill reported. The Council adjourned to Tuesday.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS BILL PASSED. The House met at 2.30. Sir Robert Stout said he had . just received the following telegram from the Agent-General" The French landing and hoisting a flag has created a strong sensation, coming so soon after M. Freycinet's assurance. Articles condemning the action appeared in to-day's paper. Will telegraph again soon."- He therefore.' thought the" House should postpone the discussion on the question till they saw what action the English Government took in the matter. If the House desired it he was prepared to go on with the discussion, but he should advise further delay. The Municipal Corporations Bill was read a third time and passed. On the'motion for reading the Justices of the Peace Act Amendment Bill a third i time, a long discussion ensued. Mr Peacock moved that the Bill be recommitted for consideration of Clause 2 relating to the Chairman of the Road Boards being Justices of the Peace.. The amendment was lost by 37 to 33 and the Bill read a third time and passed. Mr Tole said he had received information to the effect that a rider had been attached to the verdict at an inquest on a patient named White at Kumara, referred to in the House on the previous day. The iider was that Dr Bay had committed a grave eiTor of judgment He (Mr Tole) was, however, correct in saying that no rider was attached to the official papers forwarded to the Government. The House went into Committee of Supply. The Imprest Supply Bill for £250,000 was passed through all its stages. The House went into Committee on the Parcels Post Bill which was reported, read a third time, and passed. The House went into Committee on the Gold Export Duty Abolition Bill, which was reported with verbal amendments, ; and ordered to be considered on Monday.; ' Sir J. Vogel moved the second reading ; of the Eaat and West Coaßt %nd Nelson Railway and Railways Construction . Act Amendment Bill. . Mr G. F. Richardson expressed his belief that there was only just enough 1 land available for the Company's blocks and none for the Government. > Messrs Sutter and Rolleston brought

forward certain objections they had to the Bill, and the debatfe was interrupted by. .the's.-30 adjournment. ;

Evening Sitting. -On the House resuming, the Premier. made his Education' Statement, which occupied an-hour in delivery. He said the Department was more . economically conducted than before, but the increase •in scholars by 5169 had necessitated an increase in the general vote - There Were now 102,407 ohildren on the rolls, and the average attendance was about 80,000. L The new standards and insistance t»n drawing as a compulsory subject had been well received. The ; main part of the statement was devoted to expounding reforms, which he believed to be necessary. The main point of the university was that it regarded examinations as all important, arid neglected teaotiing. It was out of touch with affiliated colleges, and no provision existed making.,it a home of research. His idea was that there would be a college in each of the four large towns, and each college should havea specialty, Auckland was well suited for maritime teaching,-.astronomy, marine'engineering, etc., Wellington for jurisprudence, poli- r tical economy, and history ; Christchurch for agriculture, geology, etc., and Dune.din for medicine. Secondary ..schools also-required" looking' after A statute would have to be devised to make, them more uniform •in character than now. The primary schools'were improving, but were not education. Secondary schools and University Colleges must be carefully nurtured. The need of technical education was ' becoming slowly but surely recognised. If each county council was empowered to start a small, model farm which isight be made self supporting, thestate might assist by paying part of the salary of the teacher. He hoped soon-to see reading books prepared in the oolony for the use of our children. After reviewing the state of some, of the Colonial schools, he said while asking the House to vote the sums on the estimates the Government proposed to take power in the Appropriation Bjll to reduce the vote by £4OOO, if the committee' of supply report that the Civil Service salaries are to be reduced, and he was sorry to make such a proposition, but the Government must keep faith with the House regarding its promise of retrenchment. Some discussion followed, which ended : by Sir Robert Stout intimating the statement could be debated on the first votefor education.