PARLIAMENTARY

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2372, 13 August 1886, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY

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LEGISLATIVE OOuIIL

The Vioe-Beii;al assent waa'ghren to\Ja number of bills.-' The rewotii[!|*^od" by 'the' 'House \ for Misagree'in|%ifcb certain amendments-in 'Bill .'. made by the Council was considered Jn\. committee. om/' on'the amendment in Oktisei39.dealSJf'; with referoncelitpriihe • Resumption of Private linds; : for Mining'''Turpoies,, ; Managers were.ippoiiited with mauagers of; tbifc.Bouse relative,to the disputes bet^een^hV'Council and th# .'. Abuse on t^e^Cjourities, B\U;"apd Municipal Bill/ Trie. Properly .'■.■ Asse6s»)on^Billwasread : a first time and ■ a message'received' Irbra''''thß Houmannouncing the Council's'amendments in tTio'Oharitable'Aid Bill &• been [Agreed ;^u- ,, ■... The[CouncilaJdjourhea: J ; y.,. : .■ Ai HOUSE ' '■'". J jThctreport on Mi'VaileßraUway.sys.tem.'wa9 brought up. It staWtnaV,while,the evidence adduced had not beeu'sufficient to prove . the systemjwould; bo.a'fi.tianojjirguecflM, ■ brio warrant its, jbfthe railways as a whole, ir/jfai bleniliownthew !, ■was: great discontent with' the pres?n£j " administration/which was neitherehewf nor. satisfactory. The Committee the" ■ ■ ■■' fore r hearing in.mind impcr * tanee of the.subject, is of. opinion that» trial: should' be 'riven., to -thfi system on Isolated soqtioas of ; ou]r railways. In -':' .order'to guard against loss-it j'siitipulated . that.the'local bodies Of- theliiisttiot in ; which the experimentis : tried roust first . strike a; rate >uffiofent ; to' v .1 .defiotoncy which is to be estimated'■■'from '\ the previous years"; revenue; '-£--< - . ' ,' Replying r|ue«tionsMiVaVistated :''■ that John London's expenses iri travelling through the' Bay t>r Islands District ' explaining the details of' Special Settlement regulations were Gforenjme'ntand that'gehtleman-twas weD acquainted with the district/ - : Thajt jt wan' not baei that Goverttm'eut refused to allow Government' truck's' loaded with: stock to be run on' tlfe : Mamivatu Ootapan'ys line. ■' •,_-•.- jj . TH'e Property Tax Act .was brought down tymeßsagfrand/jead a first time. ''.:■ > : . i. Vf \v''Hl -

The Government •lusutanc6'silJ wa« received with a new" clause which Sir J. Yogel. explained to:,, enable the Oasr. erno'r to sign orders otdischarge in s£■ nection with mortgages,' The considera* tiori of the clause was postponed till, half. past?.- On the motion for the recommittal of the District Railways purchasing Act Amendment BilT^ ; ,I'j : , » Mr Richardson'Baid : the' Government were instructed to and made' the 'best' arraripeine'nts theyoonld with the Waimea PlairißOo'mpsny v Wheii the amount in trie-Bill 1 ; Was roduc6d, ? the Company refused' to sell;-and Govern ment accordingly - wishedHe- give the House another opportunity of making no their minds to ncee'do tjj. the -OorapaDTi terms. If recommend Government to drop the Bui. .MrCowan^gged'iKe;.House to giva .some relief, toratepayers"in this district as in others whoso raflwaytf'nad been pni" chasod, they had ,inc)irred;'.V liab|Kof between £l6,ooo'and' £l7,Ooo!SrHe entorodat length into the 'financial position of the quoßti6n,'and:,ppintejl*to:the ad vantages to the Government of 'posseesing this line. ' "".. ' ""' •;.'-. Messrs Peacock; Cpringlly|a(So , /W.' P. Buckland spoke k opposition! to ilia procosal. '■' . ■-■' " The, debate • was. interrupted by ,jth« . 8.30 adjournment; }t ;:-: ...,, jjjK - „ HvisjiiHosriTjKO. ""• *■ . The Houbb resumed at 7.30. '.. Colonel Trimble opposed'the purchase as the price was too high,... ; MrDargavillesuggested* compromise * in the amouut to be.paid, • Mr Lake- strongly, condemned the whole business, and-referred incidentally to the share MrOowan, the member for Hokonui had in it, • ■-.•■•■ ■;■/

: MrD,Btewart'said-theriww;nodoobt the line would atsometimeorotherfhavß to be acqiiirea* and if-they-could get it a* afairpnoe the! Colony,.had betterdott now, ■

•Mr Wakefield opposed the recommittal. The Railway Company had been bo eager to make;the" fortunes of land owners that theylffiied the Government claim and built which the Government ought toiiave constructed. If anyoue was to mike a concession it ought to be the company not the Government. Everything went to show the company would have to sell tholine, as" they-could not collect the rates. ...

Mr Brown strongly supported the- pra| posal. Mr Kerr blamed the Opposition for' wasting time. ■' Mr Hamlin opposed the proposal. After Mr Richardson had briefly replied, the motion was carried on, .the voices.

Clause 4.—Mr Richardson moved to strike out £27.000.-Carhedby 27 to 35'. Mr Dargaville proposed to insert £36,000. Carried on the voices.' '• ;

In answer to Colonel Trimble, the Minister of Publio Works said ho did not intend to drop the bill in consequence of this vote. What he had said was'- that he would drop the Bill; if £27,000 were retained. The Bill was reported with amendments.'

• On the motion for the third reading, Mr Wakefield said it ought to gq out to the world, that by a majority of tdLmd at. the insturation of the £4OOO had bean presented to these great companies. This was a fact which would be useful at meetings of the unemployed, etc' : :

The.Bill was read a third time and passed.

On the motion forgoing inj» Committee'of Supply,'an amendmentby Mr Kerr that the ne'xt'session bo held at Nelson was lost, ' ,\J-' The Pablie Works Estimates wenT further considered. Class 8, Publis Buildings,—Mr Russell said the vote for school buildings, was totally inadoquate, After some, discussion ; the vote vu passed.:,. ; -". ;- ; V.-, . : Mr Guineas toflk, exception to the veto for New. Plymouth "High School and Waitaki Girls Sqhool. He moved thai these be strubk out; v; Lost on the roicefc The 'total vote,- £112,000 was then

passed; ... .;..■ .cii '..-•_... Class 9, Item; lighthouses. £77of>.r-Mr Korr'and Mr Seddon-protested against theloWness of charges to shipping for afforded. Mr Larnaoh said betas' collecting inf.Qsiation from other matter during the recess;pvlJKb total vnfceef«Ma :/ ; ;: -: mT '■■ , Doublinglne, .Auckland, £5000.-?ft-'- disciiMJon. took place, : in the eoutre ofvbiehMr'BW»r4-. ■ •' son said enquinejrmaße -pointed to th» «d of difttMpg the present lint

n gs"' v loipHne;"ThoV oul'tho itotn 'w'aa lost by " i; ~ :;• £20»C00.-Mr -...,": v V EWrtlhbliae iaid the lino vrbuld nover to go further''with' it-would- '"'"' J&VOlve liabilities of £260,000.. ■ ■ Lost -by . v: .".- Arthur .took exception to the laggard • '}'■ ''■ niannor In which the important link in ' ' the trunk ayßtoni was pushed on, -' He ■'• accused the Government of breaking their promise to cany it to coiuple- • ' .■; tion at onto and contended that if ■ the ••".Mnnawatu Company's lino was the .'. •: obstacle they had it in their power tohuy •..:> s a * a fy& P r ' M ' ~ ;. ..-',*■,. r . The remainder of the class, ".the total of ■:: was £603,000, waspassed without ■ >•."■ .Yoto'lmmigration, £10200,';. Mr Bal-,. :;.,; •- lance, m answer to' a'question, Raid the ...... • Uoxernmpnt had.only.tntroducea 1 farmers ~^( V with capital, agricultural.labourerß, single , ; families,.but had - .been careful not to import urtisans.-' • ;■. ,Dr .Newman .objected to ; the-" introduo; :.:'I , of moro agricultural labourers.'• ; ■ r ~'\ Mr Ballanco said none coqld'be got ;■•;■.-. now,thounoqiployedwero artisans''and •:; ~ deniseDß of to?nB not agricultural labor-•■.wPiV-eiß..'.V:''-'' /..'•. ~,,.!::..; .MrJHosb thought it wrong in the' pro- :.;' ' aehfc atate of the country to bring any ,/norq pe.ople hero at all. He' dilated: on MO etkto of the labor market in Auckland he said all tho unemployed had :':'."'"'• found their way during.the last year or '■ '■ two. . . l)r Newman'moved a reduction of the ''_- ■[ "■-': Vote by.£l,ooo. •' Considerable discussion "'""'"■' ■ tookplac'oon the general question of the -"-" ' unemployed. '"-' • ■'• • !l Mr Moat'said ho had been told by gum ' - diggers that any nian could make a comfortabl«'living' and save money on -the •'" 'i/ fields north of Auckland.v ; W- Dr Newman's motion was lost by.2o to anji the, vote wan passed intact This ' '.'»* finished the public work's estimates, and' : v * '"the House rose at 3,5; a.m. -' '