HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MONDAY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2195, 3 August 1886, Page 2

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MONDAY.

The House met at 2.30. Mr Ballance said the Legislative Council had inaie several amendments in the Native Land Administration Bill, which was not of an important charter, but which would in fact make the Bill mote workable. He detailed the various amendments made by the Council. A new clause was added to the bill which he consi'deied of an important nature, namely, that the occupier of leased lands may obtain renewal cf lease for a term not exceeding 14 years. Notice of amendments made affected the principle of the bill, and he would move that they be adopted by the House. After considerable discussion the motion was agreed to. Mr Ballance moved that the amendments made by the Legislative Council in the Native Lands Court Bill be agreed to. A lengthy discussion ensued. Mr »». W. Thomson moved that the amendments be agieed to with the exception of clause u'4, which provided that lawyers may practice in the Native Land Courts. The amendment was lost by 35 to 28, and the amendments made by the Council agreed to. Sir J. Vogel moved the second reading of the Deeds and Instruments Registration Bill, the object of which was to facilitate the registration of deeds and instruments. Under this bill district agents may be appointed for transacting instruments for legistration under deed. A further pro\ision of the bill was that all perpetual leases under the Land Act may be legistered. Mr Samuel thought there was particular necessity f >r the bill, and p lintud out that the resolution of deeds was not at all mechanical wotk. Mr Downio Stew.ut looked on the bill as mischievous one, and he thought it would result in much insecurity -md litigation. The bill would also practically intioduce a new local department without any conesponding benefit lining realised. Mr Donald Reid also strongly objected to the bill. Mr Kerr and Mr Guinness alno t-upported the bill. Mr Ivess hoped the bill would become law, as it was one that was lequired. The Hou.se rose at ■"».,'{() p.m. At 7. 50 p.m. the debute was resumed, and the Tie.isurer having iepli"d, tl c Bill was lead a second tune by 4!) to lv. The Public Tuist Office Act Amendment Bill was re id a sec md time .md pi^ed. On the motion for the thiid reading of the Loan Bill. Major Atkinson said the Pie, uier always insisted that borrowing 1 should be for teprnductive pniposes, but Ministers had ail been bitten with the Tieasiitor's ideas and it was not until it became undent the House would not have it, that Su Julius Vogel was induced to draw in his schemes. He recapitulated the aigumcuts he had mod in discussing the Financial Statement and the second leading of the bill, and lin contended Government had Mttually .shown the statements ho then made to be perfectly well founded. Mr Wakefield said he had opposed every loan bill brought in while he was member, and he intended to vote against this. He had always disagreed with Sir T. Voxel's policy initiated in 1870, and contrasted it& lCsultswith the promises of its founder. If the capitalists of London had any idea of the real state of affairs in this Paihanient and this coljny, the loan would be a miserable failure. The very best thing that could happen for us would be to stop ! borrowing on the instant. He concluded by moving that the bill be read that day six months. Mr Joyce said Mr Wakefield was a Cassandra in trou<ers. Nobody believed his mournful forebodings would come to pass he defied any one to say we should have been as well off now without the Public Works. Mr W. F. Buckland said Mr Joyce's knowledge of classical lore was vague, and took him to task for misrepresenting Cassandra. Mr Joyce denied this, and produced an encyclopedia from the library, which he proceeded to quote. Mr Hui\sthouse disagreed with spending the loan money on railways only. It wiu> not a paying concern. Mr Peacock did not believe in spending all the loan on railways, and disapproved of many of the lines in the schedule. Mr Moss blamed, not the Treasurer, but those who, while disbelieving in his policy, still persisted in carrying it out. He hoped it was not yet too late to «?ee the Government come and initiate some bold policy which would reimigorate the country. Mr O'Connor said the census showed it was the population of the towns, not the country which had increased by the Public Wot ks Policy. The loan money ought to be devoted to buying land along the railways, and settling people on it. (Left Sitting.)

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