LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 31, 31 October 1907, Page 9

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

-» o ' ' 1 ! REVENUE BILL. . ,--■ vii 1 - h l ." • in:;thoMLegislative Council yesterday iaf-annual-Land iTax and .IncomeTax ;>Bill ivwas recoived' : from • > Houso of ;Representatives^ arid passed throughsall 'its. S'', The 'Public - :(Bodies>7Pbwers"; ! '.Amendment' Bill <(Hon 0 Samuel)"and'/the'Town ('Districts Bill (Ho or' Dr.. iUndlay) i were .read >'a > first .time. ,' .' ' /V'//,rrrtAf'io?*' rrJf*• "V* ' ijl VI!• : " >' •<' •*■' 4 , „ LOCAL .BILLS.. '-, , - :The''Petoneii>Water? Supply:'.' Conservation was^read'a' seconq. > The'-'follofeirigrßills were put through', com- ' jnittee^'W'.!, f ' -."'i -5 : fßetoneViW ater n Supply '■ /"Conservation Bi 11 (Hon'S Taranaki ;Botanic GardenAniindmeni/^'Bill (Honi'.vO.rf'Sainuel),'.j Wanganiii'Harljpur 'Bill (Hpn.'i'J' l| B- fl: Jerikinson) ) ' B6fough"'VßWerves .and j.'Empowerings Bill l (Hon; 1 J.' R'./ Sinclair)j/ J Whan-' gamonibnji'.Co'iinty r Bill •' (Hori.'i'J-.. B. jCallan),' Thames Harbour Board. Bill (Hon. T. Thompson), ' Tapanui Hospital "Reserve Vestingßill (Hon.- J/R.?Sinclajr.). Empowering' "/Bill' '(Hon. ' J.' R:' L 'Sinclair). Thse,Bills wer.ejthen read »a, third '.tijne and' ,\<i-.IT '.A- ---' '■"-!^^MIWTARY;'TRAININC.'Si -Ii .Hon-.R./A;., Loiighnan's'Sinqtion ,'; in 'favour ~|,of j : . general;, miHtai^vand/'nayal./training ,stood . nesb, on theif-p^pV-.-Paper'/JandnWa^.,follbj»e4;v.bji thej iV\ r aitq[ra HarbouE.-Bill.-, ; .it .-.yi-v -Tlie-sHo'ii/ VG.."Jones moved,.to /discharge. ' •.Eaper ;r ' I nntil.(|nefti h r-" Q'* .of; °r4 e r» and,,^that; no, bftVs>oyed;>u'pjal c th"e. Hoij.! ' G., .•'•J.^BMttf > the/debate was had ; • The. Speaker, ruled "liii" this sense: Hon-, i \V.. r ßeehan"Then there-,ivill be an.: all-»iigiit "/^ : •' K ,T ;^ 1 ? ' •' '

' The befenceiCouncil.^,^ Thej:Hon. > G,-'r J: ?.Sinith;. said lit was- unfor'tuiiii^ihat't.this^adjggnied' debate] should conie^l»lors ! 'We'Waitt!ra'''Bai, on which such I 6trongf;OpinionS?were. held;>. Speaking 'to the thajimportance which had ini'the' eyes oftho>nations;'>Heldid noU advocate; a -warlike , spiHt'butj'tljoueht that general military trains ingiwofild halve' a'jsteadying'eff(jct;vand, 'cause' : the-,:jrepple' to;'^reality theiiy'rcspdnSibilities.: The:* mover Vof Cthe;resolutibn'\'had' said T tKat .v6lun I feei;ing;'in'?tlie"Dominl6n had"been? a-; failure;'^.lnv'so' ! 'fari as''that!-was , .itrue;''he' attributed n't f chieflyHo 'apathy.-'i The; who gave">up their; holidays jto ''-military^'training, y n t'f, h :• .A;Councillor : "Is it not 'tho' fault' of' the officers?'.' '.; , ■■ The Hon. G.,.J..Smith.admitted.,thit the offibers'v'wore' 1 riot Vpeffcct; but it 'was pnly . durm'^the filMt)year:br.i-twd' that' they! had) haC;the' .advantage . of s proper f instriiction., . He^pped'.'tlie'^ th(sgfi£'thsi' 'rig%'; tyack,;.and'-' : would hav^frpm,jtftem'.' food ' instruction/ ■'strong, criticis'mj. ° ejiefit. .of their experience' in' South' Africa"/' He' was in favour of' universal and compnlsory ;h6'jthougljt': such 'a measwe'*^a3^|ii)6 : heroic '£o be Accepted by the'./Dominion ,! at' s; prbsent. He moved to potion, s |so;{as, v t.o advocate,, the; trainingo:,of'(able-bodiedmales;, between the, affes]jjfa7 jUpstead 'of adult ' males,"f.' ,This, : wpuld i( b,ejan. instalment;, of ..~ m ' V"V vi The; Hon. G.Jonesmoyed ,tho.adjournment; of ' tho;de]}atei'.-until'(next;sitting -.day;-J----1 Tne f Hon.jiO<-, Samiiel-, protested, against; the Btte.mptjjtp.shelve.a'most important.subject.. .- Tlie;,,motion ifprntheriadjoiirnmeht -of:tho "dobite, (I waS]Carrie'd',by, r l9:to.,l4. : : .;,ft •-,{■■ V WAITARA HARBOUR BILL On .the m'otidnjtp, T ,go;jinto. I cotnraittee 'for the 'further,.consideration, of tho Waitara Harb'oiv District Bill, the HojSA.O.- Samiielj 'who had previously'spoken: strongly. against;the 'Bill; and -had presented a series ,of petitions against it, spoke again at 'considerable length. Ho still held floorlait 5 p,;m:,' when the, .'.Councihadjciurn'ed until ( 8, ojclock,, ,; [r , n ; l .;^ .. .TheJ'hon:: gentleman "was speaking when thqjCttme i'for<-''«djournmpnt : -came,'" nnd .con-tinu?,d'!.:his':.addres3i''at''-'the''evening 'sitting/ . Heißpoke;;altPgetKor for two hours'and three-' quarters. Soon-after'll p.m; the Hon. G. J. Smitli'.'handed a note to Mr. Samuel. The latter then said that he understood that the . Council,was willing' td'adjourn 'immediately if he.would;al]ow thojßilKto go to committeo. • this course, r.; ... The Billwas' then' Committed;' progress was. ;:dp'<srtdd,'' J &nd 'thtf'lCojiridili'-.at' 11,15 p.m., idjotfriM ffis]!; ( t^i9i i r^: j^!riday),.V