PARLIAMENTARY

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2609, 28 May 1887, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY

[united press association] ■ HOUSE OF ItEPRESENTATIVES, Friday May 27. The House met at 2.80. ■ ' Sir Julius Vogel resumed the deb'ato 611. Major Atkinson's amendment, and ; said that very little of the latfqr's 1 speech had anything to do with the veal object of tho amendment or -the 1 finanoial proposals of thoGoyemmont. j; He maintained that the absolute' M« \ cit'was only £02,000.. Ho eiinteniled. . . 1 that the number' of real saviiiga'haiAi been mado in ■ salaries &c, and iSjtr 1 detailed at length the sayings ' thie.yoar as. compared with previous - 1 years, principally iu : 'tho Native, 1 Treasury, and other departments.He 1 referred to Mr Montgomery's spoeoh ' of the night before, and said it'to ' one agaiusfc prbgrfiss. and it was open ' to qnestiou whether Akaroa should be 1 represented by a gentloman so opposed 1 to the best' intoresls of the colony. Tho reductions in the civil service had boon made with groat regrot, and after careful consideration the Government came to. tho '• conclusion it was tho most considerate course to : adopt to make temporary reductions."'4liuro was nothiug to justify voting for. the amendment as all •tbo.-fTlov. ernmont had done was to' -'raise ! the duties to what they had been be. 1 foro. He dofonded the. apeoial ebttlo* mont scheme, and as to tbeiftpvernment proposals re property's, and no difficulties would arise ' froif'l the modifications suggested by tlft GcJr vernment. When addressing bis cob.' ,' stituents the member for Egmoat said that the revision of the .tariff was necessary, yet he now moved an amendment that would shut out such an action. He dwelt at length on the question of protection versus free trade and argued that the carrying of the amendment would build up misery. A number of men were being driven out of the colony through tho neglect to give some protection to industries. He claimed that the Government had accomplished as much as 'could possibly have been expected of them:'in the period since they took office; and ho enumerated several important measures which had been passed during their administration. The, Government had also pacified tho igi, tiated the North Island tnmli railway, In reference to the Represehtatiog Bill, ho said tho experience of jliis sea* sion had shown them it could not have been passed last year-owing to 1 the difficulties as to percentage ofi population of oountry districts. ooufiidorod it the duty of thd member for Egmont, when moving the/amendment, to propound a policy, and to enlighten the country as to -his own opinions, but nothing of- the-Mid had been done, and he could ni&see for what roason tho amendment. HaS been

brought down. . . MrOrmond considered 'Sir. Julius Vogel's speech diaappoiuting.arid contained nothinguow beyond announcing the fact that tho Government; was a Protectionist Govoramontr.' The Colouial Treasurer Bhouldf lie''thought, havo referred to tho earnest" speoehos raade by several hou, mombers on tho question of retrenchment anf.ihoreased taxation. When listening to the Colonial Treasurer recounting'.tho great deeds dono by tho Government ho could not help thinking of the advent of that hon. gentleman in 1881, wheii he had the audacity to express thqA opinion that ho was amazed; to find#, public men were unable to grapple with - the difficulties of tho country, bat today he had to acknowledge U© hft(j absolutely fatted tcj effect an improve want, on the contrary there was q largo deficit, and 'inevoased taxation necessary in ©very direotiofi. The Government has brought down measure after measure and withdrawn them, andhe'. was surprised to' hear the Colonial Treasurer refer'to tho Disrict Railway. Bill as a • claim to their confiijencie, as he thought all conneoted with that measure" would be.. glad to forget it. He would tell tho- •. House that the majority was deterto resist additional an appreciable retrenchment "had'been ' made. The Government; he contended, were wanting in .tßait%ty^

they introduced a thorough scheme of' retronoliment, aud instead of imposing an income tax on Civil servants, they should commence with the highest person in .the land, and ho thought the House and country would demand ft reduction ill the Governor's salary . and allowance. Ministerial allowances were also too large, and should bereduced. ' He condemned -the: land polfyy of the Government, and attri- • buted. "the"" depression' to. it:-'- TheQavetninent 'liad virtually • ignored the-' se.ttlerbeiit 'of : the -land • by 'frefeli'old; ."and; merely gave - effM' to'tlieir own fada: Referring. to •' tiie S®'Purchase; Government Insurance. Inquiries, and also'those on other lie saw they wci'e sufficient' the confidence in our Government, and thero was great discontent at tho mmiagemcnt of tho railways, -If the voto was carried, the Government had a perfect light to go to thecountry,, but the election should be uiid'er the now Act. It was a highly unconstitutional proceeding for tho Ministry to hold the benches when they had forfeited all their political principles; and he hoped tho elections would pronouueo a decided opinion on tho extravagance of the Goverumontj and,also on the absurd fads of tho Minister of Lands. Mr Seddon opposed the amendment and was interrupted- by the 5.80 adjournment. ' At the ovoning' sitting the debate "Was continued by Mr Seddon, and Messrs Katene, Scobio McKenzie, Mehteath, Pearson, and Cowan having spoken tho question was put That . .the words 11 the Customs Duties Bill */ be now read a second time" stand part .of the question. Ayes 88; noes, 42. Amotion for second reading lost. On the question that tho words of Major Atkinson's amendment-" That the tariff and other financial proposals of the Government are unsatisfactory" iuserted, the Premier called for a division which resulted as follows— Ayes, 42 Allwright, Atkinson, Barron, Beetham, Bruco, Buchanan, . W. F. Buckland, C'onolly, Dodson, Fergus, Fisher, Fulton, Hamlin, Hurst, Hislop, Ilobbs, Hiirsthouso, Lake, Lock, Macarthur, M. J, S. Mackenzie, Mitchelsou, Moat, Monk Montgomery, Newman, Ormond, Peacock, Reese, G. F. Richardson, Rolleston, Ross. Russell, Sutter, Taipu, T. Thompson, J. W. Thompson, Trimble, Wakefield, Whyte, Wilsone, Katene. . Noes, 88—Ballancc, Bovan, CadUlan, Cowan, Duncan, F. 11. Fraser, . W. Fraser, Garrick, Grace, Guiness, "Holmes, Iviss, Jones, Joyco, ' Kerr, Lance, Lainach, Levestam, J. . "MeKenzio, McMillan, Menteath, Moss, .....O'Callaghau,O'Connor, Pore,Prott, E. #- .. Eichards6n, Samuel, Seddon, Smith, JgK W. J. Steward, W. I). Stewart, Stout, 'Taylor, Tolo, Turnbull, Vogel, Wal- , kor.. "■ P.ubs.—For tho Amendment—Grey, . Bryce, »T. C.'Buckland, Pearson, Mills, . "J'yke. . Against—Bracken, Hatch, Goro, Reid. Dargavillo. Fitzhcrbert. Majority for tho amendment-four, On the .Motion of tho Premier the House at! 2.50 adjourned till Tuesday.