HOUSE OF REPRESENTATlVES.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2026, 2 July 1885, Page 2

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

TUKSI) VY. The Hnu<c met .it half past two p.m. , Mi I'i.itt, mi'inlwi f<u tin. Sutliiiii M.kiii electoral (11--I1 ict, took, the o.itli .mil Ills s(* it. Sn (!. (Jiey gave notice tn iii(i\c, when tlie House is hi Committee, of Supply, tli.it His Excellency the (Jovei noi ]>i> mfoiiiied th.it his adviseis (In ncit possess the eonfidencc ot thi-7 House. Major Stew .ird £a\ c notice tn ask Guv im nlncnt w hctlicr tli> y w ill t ik<> st"ps 111 1 olit 1111 the opinion of tlie polic) -lioklei-i of tin" ii»v eminent Insmance Association o-i th • question of the desnablenoss of toMtiti'img tin; present Cential Boaid ; and if so, and the tesult of hucli poll should be 111 favour of the abolition of the Central Board, whethei the Government will bring in a bill to amend tlie act nccoidingly. Kepi} ing to Air Hatch, if it is the jnteii; turn of tho Government to introduce an amendment t > the New Zealand Government Insurance Assocntion Act, ISS-I, to enable tlii 1 association to tiansact business in ( Jieat Bntain, Osppeially 111 connection \\ ith the annuity branch, thus providing money to be afteiw aids dealt with by the local bo iid** a** advance* to bon.i fide agucultunsts, Su J. Vogel said the insurance com p.unes had sent .1 leconiinend'ition to the (io\ eminent to bung 111 a bill for transacting business 111 <!i eat I'l lt.iin, and the (Jo\eminent intended doing so dining the piesent session. Itepl\tng to Mr Johnston, if the Government mil, through the Agent-General, endea\oui to so arrange that all Impeiial applications for the supply of tinned and fio/en meats be cabled to New Zealand and ad\oitisod, care bt'injj taken th it ample time is given foi the New Zealand Cofcw p.uiy to deliver. Mr Stout said tho Go\ eminent would coinnuimcate with the Agent-Gcnoial en the biibjeet. M-w mirs, The following Hills were introduced :— Tho li.iv/ IVictitioner.s Act, IHS2, Amend nient Bill (No 2) (Mi Fi.im-i); the Mines Act, 1577, Amendment Bill (Mi Ij.irn.ich)! 1 Hill to Amend the Police Otfences Act, I.S.X-), (Mr Fishei ) ; the West Coast SetLle inent Receives Act, LSSI, Ainenduieiit (Mr Ball nice). Mi Stout said ho de-iiied to make a Mmistenal statement in consequence ot the motion of want of confidence 111 the (Jo \ eminent, K'ven by the member foi Auckland City X ist. He Ind it wjs only due to the lion, gentleman's position in the Motisetli.it the Mouse should adjoin 11 till ho m.ittei was disposed of, and taking that new, ho moted the adjournment til! half p. ist seven p.m., v. lieu the debate on the Financial Statements ould be lesiimed. The House .idjouined at a quaiter to foui p.m. Wi;i)Nj;nl)AY. The Hoiw> met at 2..W p.m. Keplving to (pies) ions it was stated that the Government dicl coiisidei it advi*nble t-i tike step-, to obtain a poll of the (Jo inent liisiuance pohcj holdeis, to asceit.nn uhethei they favoured cential boaids of niungemont; that it was not intended this se-.Mon to place the civil police foicu under the control of the Justice i)ep.u tint nt, but steps would be taken with this ob|ect in view next session; that (J»v eminent did not think it advisable to acquire land foi the loc ition of ji deaf and dumb institution, but it might be advisable to establish sepaiate .schools if Hse number «.f iiim ttcs iiKjitt*'cJ ; that the cost of 10tuiu, si'^-.mg icceipts from carnage of jjoids, etc., by railway, moved for on the .ilst Mai eh, I.KM, by the late Member foi Ashlnutcii, Mi Wi'itrht, A\as£<ioo 12s. The following bills wcie intioduced :— The Auckland University College Keioivcs Bill (Mi Stout); Tho Indiistll.il Schools Act Amendment Bill (Mr Stout) ; a bill to te constitute the Auckland Haibour Bu.ud (MrTole);tlio(tiib(inia High School Bill (Mi Ijocke) ; tho W.uigamu Haiboiu Bill (Mi Ballance). The debate on the want of confidence motion was lesiimed by Mi M. J. S McK.cn/ie, who c nideninul th" tat iff and local government pi opnsals of the (Jovem niunt. He ch.nacteiised the Fin.incid Statement as bung distinctly piotective Me would not Mippoit the amendment, and would not assist 111 tinning out the (!oveminent if he could avoid it. as lie lecognised that then geneial .idiiiuii-tiatioit h.idli'e'i beneficial, lie would, howevei, assist the throwing out of then pmposais to the In ' of his ability. All Hut it denied that the abminisfc.ali . \ of the (toveinii ent had been sitisf.tctoM He expressed ,1 wish that the Meml>*i foi Napiei would gr c the House the benelil of hi" knowledge on local govtinment si-uv 1.^70. Ho denied that theie had been vu\ s.iv ing effected b\ the piescnt (Jou'inment, aiuf contend"d that the depirssiou was 11 it |ia-"siiig away. He condemned the(Jo\omment piopo-.ds, and ch.uacteiised their I'ul-lic Woiks administration as being faulty and p.uti.il. He thought then geneial adintnistiation was not su»'h as to inspiie confidence in the futuie of the colony. All Fisher intended to vote against the amendment, .is, like the tnembei foi Alount ldi, he wished to keep the (Joy eminent in, but he thought it was the duty of the <4o veinmeut, instead of imposing fiesh t.i\aturn, to eiide.ivoui by all moans in then powei to reduce it. The subsidy scheme of the Tieisiuer was, in ins opinion, unsound and unpiacticable. He quoted fioin a letuin to show that New Ze.il md was the highest taxed country of all Biitish possessions, and yet it was piopnsod to tax them still fnithei. He thought a saving of I'JOO.OOO might easily have been effected on the expendituie. The House lose at .".30 p in. The House lesumed at 7.30. Ah Fisher added a few lemiik^, and then Air Pyke followed. He spoke 111 high pi.useof the conduct of the Government since assuming ofhee, but hoped that they would withdi aw their obnoxious meastness now befoie the House, and not piess them. He condemned the tawfl, and said it was of the most injudicious character that had over been dcv lsed since New Zealand was a colony. He believed Government had not gone fully into the burden of taxation. The woiking man, he argued, ■iiifleied most fiom tho piop.isals 111 tho statement. It would have been as well to place taxation on r.ibbit*i, as to do .so on such 11 tides a*> huttni, bacon, etc., which we 3\poited l.ugelv, oven to England. The nest means to diminish depiession, ihonld there be any, was to reduce taxation nstead of increasing it. He thought that Joveinment, in dinwing the pioposed iltciations, had .shown a want of legislative ibility. In the last twenty years they had lad six alterations 111 the tariff, and this he lepioei.ited as huitful to trade. He had leaid fiom woollen factories at Mo*giel md l{oslyn, that they wished foi a leduo.loll of duty on articles as it tended to 111neaso their ti.arle. Slimming up, he did lot like the cut of the political clothieisof he ( !ov eminent. Ah Moss followed, and congintnlated tho !o\ eminent 011 the bold way in which they lad hi ought foi v\ aid theii iiie>u>uies, but he ould not suppoit tho pu>posals m the itatement, and theieforo would follow Su JcoiKo (Jiey into the Lobby. No pio •os.ils would bo hound unless they insisted n local boaids l.iising then own levenue, nd this couiso would make them frugal in vpendituie. He thought the (Jo\eminent i-served credit for grappling with thenecesity for defence works, but in his opinion 'leio was plenty of room for a reduction l the Armed Constabulary Department. fe commended the administration of the rands Depaittuent, but was disappointed ith the financing of the Government. He as 0110 of those who voted ag.un.st reducig the Property Tax last ye.v, and the •suit of such reduction had shown how »>hsh tins Tieasurei's piopos.il had been, hero would have been no talk of mei eased ixatum had they left tho Piopei^ Tax one. From the estimate made by linn, us additional taxation would affect Wellington to the extent of £10,000 > £12,000, and other large citioa pretty

well the same. Ht^^d with all th* subsidies lieinjr P'»°drVj e w Guinea, the youth Sea Hand-*, A. The transmission of our mails by San 1- cisco and direct stoaineis wn~, also, m bom, and subsidies, costing lomuthing like £70,1 which was too much nltogethi'i perannm. He would c(it.nul> \oto aguust the incre,i>J taxation. Mi \V. F ]juckl«ind condemned THe** .idmiiii-tiatiori of nitive affaiii, and is|H>ci.iHy with l.'K.inl to the Natne Committeo's dealing with the land. The GoMiiinmnt liad bi\cii iirouiivo", m all 0 { which tlii'v had f.nli'd. The pivsont (ioM'lniniMit weie no letter than thine who picuuded them. Aftci condnuming the pro|)n^,iK in tlio Stitoinont, he intimated that lie would suppoit the amendment. The House then adjourned for supper. Air J. f lincKland objected t<» the pro-toctioiii-t th.uactci of tlie Financial Statoliiunt, and uppioed b< mowing m any dirocti >n Mi Fin ulmll Mi|>poited the ( fovernmonfci (L"ft Sitting.)