HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 163, 10 July 1907, Page 7

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

DEBATE.

3_OBS ABCrOT Al

.By T_e graph.—E__———-t_tT Reporter.) WELLINGTON, Tuesday. 33» __3ress-in-_epry debate in the ■gjajse of Representatives this afternoon —as continued, Mr. E. G. Allen (Ohaljjjgfg) speakmg in favour of protection fa local industries. Referring to defease, he was ashamed, he said, of the g__s placed in our forts. Jjr. —■ Mackenzie (Waikouaiti), with a -w to stopping th* debate, moved the --TJDas qnes—on. He declared himself *-j- a_d tired of the waste of time _*i_i the debate had caused. There -—a those who were spreadingthe griev- ___ of every creature in the colony, wj those who held their tongues were _± as keenly interested in the mass of •Zjgrniff _amanity, whose pathetic had been so persistently placed before the country. ■>____ J. Me——oh——' (Ashburton) second- _\_ He reviewed some of the speeches -__» during the debate, and declared *__£ the member for Wairarapa had -ac among the railway workers to in|te_ie_ to rebellion. No doubt he _o__ get a purse of sovereigns for it. Mr. Jas. Allen (Bruce) questioned j)__.er such a motion was permissibie ,™_ an Address-in-Reply. _(_ Premier pointed out that if the motion was carried, it would mean jjgater delay than ever, as the address £o_a_ive to be moved at some time. __. Massey, Leader of the Opposition, _jj___, agreeing with Mr. Mackenzie that _ mod deal of time had been wasted, __. it wonld be unfair if after a large —-her of members had spoken others, ,_, had prepared their speeches, were sot given an opportunity of laying the yor__-on before the House. Mr. Mackenzie wit—drew his motion, jemarkrag that no doubt the sympathy ,rit_ -B—ch it had been met would be indicated Try a curtailment of the

speeches. jj_B. W. ASsc— (Waitemata) pr—tsed tbe Prankr for the manner in which he leprese-ted — c colony at the Imperial Co—ere—c, —d referred in sympathetic terns _Se Hon. W. Hall-Jones. He coa—iet— the term "Don-nion" a very f__Dg'__ie for New Zealand. As to gßsngg—tkai that the Auckland leader infers and the people should learn to fell the truth, it was a calumny. The _sn who uttered it had probably never tees "airy place but Canterbury, and repj___th*es of the North lata:ad, instead

cf always begging, bad allowed the 6o_aem meml ~rs to do it and get the results too. Where were the back Hocks? Not in Canterbury bnt in A__aiid, where twenty times more bsck-bloeks existed than in any other part oi the colony. Mr. Davey had confined _imself to public works expertdifare, bnt why did he not refer to the ren—rkahle gii>* ■— of settlem—t in the A___and district, and its superior position in regard to population and size. •Mr. Alison quoted figures shewing the disproportic—ate expenditure upon the North compared with the South, pointing out that the exenditure upon rail--svays in the South had been £4,362,625 more than in the North —>la__ The tfortir' W&nd "was progressing in every »y, and when its representatives asked _ a reason—ble public works expe_ii!_b to a—sist that development, they i__d not he told they were not telling the truth when they said they had not ?__ved then■ fair share. In regard to public buildings he declared Auckland _d not secured a fourth of Hs proper _ire of the expenditure under this head, md reminded the House that instead of ttp_cing the inadequate railway station, the Government had attempted to —set in the brick area a wretched aborfera of a wooden building. It would —ye been to the credit of the citizens 6 they had pulled it down.

Mr. Okey: "Re valutaon." __• Alison: "It would have been an —ample, an indication to the Governm_t that the people of Auckland would not stand too much.'' He went on to __ty deal with the land question, stating that when the Minister for Lanr_; *—ted Auckland he found gates, cattle, —rses, ploughs and roads placarded *ith the single word "freehold." It *_ —arveflous that wherever he went t—3 faced hfm He dreamt about it _d could not get it out of his brain, —d he would guarantee that when the —ad nfll came down, the Minister *o_l have made a great change in it. Mr. Thomson (Wallace) said the "inckland Post o—tee had not a prepossessing appearance, but if it served « purpose there was no need to nil tt down, when the demands for roads —i telephones in the back-blocks were — pressing. Mander (Marsden) suggested that «~1 bodies should receive their grants e *d—r, so as to give them a chance of Raiding the money in a favourable sea- &§■ He had very little to complain SSI in regard to the Helensville North "-.constmction, where slips had been able for most of the delay. There 4516 only three men on the Kawakawa ~~sic_ works recently, which was not * —t—faetory featr_e, for no railway ""Jd give so great an improvement in Jpipts for the distance extended. Mr. gave details of the cost of BjH timber delivered in Christehurch £jdM—bourne, stating that the price per Wat Ca_istchurch was 22/2, while at! the figure was 22/9. At first j m thought the Christehurch rate oi 27/ j Inn—red extortionate, but he found j *?pug into the matter that it was only a reasonable return. *k J- Stevens (Manawatu) said that the obligation of some cj e to having a mail service domiT*M hy the flag of another Power, he I Sfi believed that the Trisco service, if ! _^~ l 5 re-established, would be the; F*t useful and expeditious means of ' in touch with the great markets : Sp? world. He hoped the colony would I Pm its faith to'any particular line, j tni « s °me length with various M ? S.° f tte land Problem. .**• Bollard (Eden) accused the memior Auckland West with inconsist1T be cause, being elected as an Inde- ; j|Pnfc, he had, the speaker asserted, j foH 0 ° ne ° f ~ e Govern tent's most servile would not like, at the next to be in Mr. Poole's shoes. -___ 00le: " You co "'-d not fit them." .I—lUghter.) suggested that it would-be *teen!_? ed if Libera l members who fefrai_a_ to the Government its'fauU criticising it and putting] fee w 5 > on record - He had had fort y' fendVT of work on the: "o-a^l^, 1 ' enab,ed a ™ to say that; I so™ %***■ be Such a f "°l as to take i feldton c,ar waste lands on a lease " ! Bentaw^ 6, A s^stem °i deferred pay- I fe>__ m?? hj ™-stead system would «^-___4 bj ,d_s_ <_c 20t__4

—ends could be settled. Mr. Bollard expressed kimself in farvour of increasing salaries in the police force. Mr. Davey (C__-t_burch East) indicated the conclusion of the debate by rising to reply. He dealt, first, with Mr. .Alison's criticism of his remarks. He wished to see Auckland progress as much as any Auckland member hoped, and he would appeal to members of the N to Z Petitions Com__ittee in support of his statement that when petitions came before them last session from settlers in the Auckland back blocks he invariably moved in favour of recennmending the petition to the favourable consideration of the Government.

The motion that a respectful address be presented to his Excellency was adopted, and the House adjourned.