PARLIAMENTARY

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2352, 21 July 1886, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY

(UNITBD.PKSVASSOCII&OS.) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. _ The Manawatu Railway Debentures Valediction Bill waß read a second time. I Leave of absence was givon to Mr Taiaroa for a week. ■ Mr Mantoll moved that the Government permit.the vocabulary of English and Maori terms to be issued in official translations. Tjie motion was agreed to. on division, ayes 28, noes 10. '-' ' The N.Z. Bible and Tract Society Bill was read a third time and passed.. The recommendation of the Governor for an amendment to the; Justices of the Peace Bill was agreed, and was received from the House and ordered to be.con/sidered to-morrow!'' '■ 1 . The Municipal Corporations Bill was read a third time and passed. 4 message from the House of Representatives was received,, announcing that the House disagreed ; iu the Council's amendment to clause-38 of the Local Bodies Bill, . -VMr Buciley moved the consideration of the message be taken to-raorrovr. Agreed' ■to. ' • -A message, was received from' the House, stating the Hduße agreed.wjth i .the Counoil'B amendment to the 'Welling, ton Harbor Board Licensing Bill. The Salmon and Trout Bill was received from the House and read a first time'. ■ v.-. The Destitute Persons Amendment Bill was farther considered and; com- ' mitted, amendment agreed and progress reported, and leave given to sit again;';! l . The Native Lands Administration Bill

..\yua c(iramitted f vu humberofameiidments agreed to, and progress reported;: ~ ; ■< TherNative Land CTonrf-'Billwas further .considered, and |)r'ot;ress reported. v ~. • Council adjourned at dinner time. ". V..-M 1 '■

•HOUSE OF REPEESENTATIVES.;■ •, Tho Hutt and Petone Gad- tsoiupany's Biiiyras read a third tiuie and passed, . ■ ■ Mr Hamlin moved that the report of Joint Committee on the .Standing Orders of tile lbth July relative to the Wairau Gas Bill be agreed to.—Carried. Replying' to questions it was stated that the compilation of the Maori history was still far from being completed. . The amount already paid for the work wai £1775.'' ■ That the. question of modifying conditions of Government contracts where there were causeaof disentmetitiwai under consideration, ■ ;• That no reduction could be -made in . proportion of passage money now required to be paid by the friends of nominated emigrants, Thit about two-thirdß of the, Waimarino Block had been already acquired for the North lsland Railway but a positive answer could not be given as to 1 when the. whole Block would be acquired. There were over 1000 ownersin the Block. Mr Ballanco said the latest telegrams Received by him from the Went' Coast were that all was quiet, and there hid been lio further attempt at ; forcible entry. He also stated that Te Whiti was arrested this morning by the instructions :pf the Govemmeut, and lie was seen at Opunake under a strong guard. He' might state again that the criminal, law would be sufficient to deal with the I .matter. i '

Mr.Larnach moved the second reading of tho Harbour Act Amendment Sill, the object of which was to dissolve the Harbor Boards of Oastlepoint,, Foxton, Kakanni, Moeraki, and Whangarei. The power? of those Boards are hereafter to 'rest in governors or governor id council. The Bill was to expepd money to keep tugs, etc. It also provided for the manner of keeping accounts for the -expenditure of money on breakwater. The Minister,-read a sliort statement with respoct.to operations and conditions of the Harbor Boards in the colony. ■ • Sir Julius Yogel moved the second reading of the Loan Bill authorising a loan of a million and •& half for stated railway purposes. The Cabinet had come, to .the conclusion that £BOO,OOO would not, as at first calculated, be sufficient for., miscellaneous purposes for two years, A hundred thousand would'have to be devoted to purchase land along the North Island Trunk Line, which had not been calculated upon. ' The sum of betweeu two hundred and three hundred thousand which had. already been paid for rails and rolling stoek would, also b# transferred to the new loan which with the repayment of the first mentioned sum would, it was hoped, give margin enough. He wished to say that .He had never proposed an 'extensive loan as had been alleged, but only to. sketch, with a series of proposals- extending a number of years, and ha read several telegrams ar.d Other documents that had passed between himself and the Agent-General in support. He deprecated the remarks which had

been made, as to. the. unsoundness of the colony's finances, and said the losses sustained in New Zealand were small .compared with those experienced in other colonies. Any loss by the drain of population to Kimberley would only be temporary, and the outbreak of the goldfield there, must benefit , all the colonies." It was not certain, however, in his'opinion, that the field would be so profitable as anticipated. He mentioned that a tri. onnial property tax valuation just made showed an increase in the value of borough property of £4,769,000, and of country property £1,880,000. On the motion of Mr Bryce the debate was adjourned till 7,30. • ' The Boer Duty Act Amendment Bill was partly considered in Committee, and tho House adjourned at 5.80. 1

.Evening Bmm . I

When the House resumed at 7.30, Mr Bvyce continued the debate on the Loan Bill. The Governments change of front in rega.rd to the £BOO,OOO waa no Surprise, but he failed to see how the means proposed by the Treasurer would make the deficiency good. Sir J. Vosrel might denounce people, but he certainly had led them to believe he was in for large borrowing. He entered into the question of the borrowing policy at great length, and argued thestatementmore than realised the extent to whichthe colony was committed. He insisted that they were paying interest.out .;of loan, and were going too faßt. He agreed with the ' Premier that too much money was a pent on public buildings. The expenditure on open railways required careful consideration in so young a country. So long as the lines met the requirements ot the country that was sufficient,, and further expenditure was undesirable.' Referring to the /Himutanga .810ck,...he said the money for that was paid to Dr Buller fur the MaOfi vote. He condemned the purchase by Government of Ngaira swamp, ! which could not be drained, and criticised .several other land transactions, the ..Government system .of purchasing Native Lands by Commission, which had been i-aboliahed by the Act some time azo, being revived in its worst form. Under i. it Government would, only get the worst land. Government had riot only abandoned that policy, but also brokon down lin their administration.. He ended by stating that the amount (if the loan was too large, and ought to be reduced. Mr Bailance said'he had never lieard so muoh distortion,- discoloration, and? misrepresentation as in the preceding speech. •AH were aopeed'.that borrowing must be continued. It was only a question for what works they .should raise loans. 'Tho Government were not going beyond the, letter of law inregard tke purchase of 'i land by commissioner. They had taken that means to prooure land for the Northern Trunk line, and it was very fair land. It had been done at the express wish of the House. He defended the other purchases referrad to by Mr -Bryce, and added Dr Buller had rather worked against than for.-. tHe Crovernment,. The money referred to was voted by tho | House in the ordinary way.' He concluded, that Mr Bryce's criticisms do not cany' very great weight, and if thoir adminis-.] tration was to receive no more seriiius attack than that, it would not bo! much damaged. , i l ' OrinonA did riot consider the borrowing policy in .excess of'the .requirements of the county The Billiproposed, a new, departure by earmarking the'loan,' but they dic( not give the fullest' effect to the .principled Ho regarded the, Public. W.orka .Statement as empty and failing to grasp the of' ■ colony. He proceeded to deal, with some of the Railway.'proposals mentioned therein,\ to .show' that the .progress promised' when Government tbok. office had not hem "carried out; Their roadjpolicyf; .'was impossible and impracticable; l The'railway board proposals had beeii passed over in silence, andmo proper'pMvisidn had been made for. sc&faol> biiildiiig, > TKere ; was % greatdeal u&tisfactory > in tha Government land' piirchasesj . but- he did not blametheGotfernment for : buying laud along the Northern.: trunk ', lino; Their action .with.tegard: to;'immigration wag most satisfactory.'' the Government'had not fulfilled any< of the pledges which they. gave:>wheh;entering office. Tho House was demoralised and

party Government',vas a failure, and foj ' j tti is the. Gpvetnni ; r6roon siblu. Mr Sutter quoted:"-a of i statistics hawrto borrow \ upon, and argued that we had bonwed toil much',' drawins; a gloomy view of the „ , future of nuf finance generally. v ; Mr Duncan said jf Otmond's ideas were ; carried out we should have to spend at vi least thrbQ.-iriilliona n'estyear. Mr W. F. Buckland was disappointed / with the' Public. Workß policy of the • Government, and.vthevgwietal waste of rao'nuy. Hedid not'luow "exactly how the money, was nSr'jhow muoh it oosc to keep the majority together for th# ; , was rapidly bWmm'g a farce. V Mr Moss also t'i'ik an unfavorame view of our finances and .qubfed the prices of the various colonial stacks, with a view to shnwj« JNorZealanii bonds wore uot mffoodjjpute. . At ISHO Mr Mitehelsori moved the adjouniiSnt of the debate, which wag agreed tfl The ÜBpitals and Charitable lnotita* fcione Anflhduient Bill'Vas further conv. siderad ijjCom'mittee: answer to Mt Bjjc^lariMtfie : he . .'Mr throwing the cost of Charitable Aid oh ptwerty tax, passed last week,'wlis' imprafflfeble, and ' he did.not intend tV,tal£e a®7 noticeof . it. Clauses 8, intl;iswere struck out with! a View tq clausei. The consideration brttie titter was postponed, and the rest' :pf the Bill waa passed, ; : the How rose at i.40 a.m.