THE COUNCIL.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 639, 16 October 1909, Page 7

THE COUNCIL.

s;;^ , ''^^H>"pEFENOE.''aUE^l'6N.^;'->v:, ; :'■'; :;:■ JThe'y&un'cirrcsumed-its \sH v'iftarnodii.V'.-: )' .'■';.%'■'■''■ '-■''-..-■v-'.:': . :"■■■:(■'.'''■ : --V'.Tn4'!'Honi'-P.:TEASK''.(Nelson) continuing the •' Address-in-Eoply 'debate, : said-.'.that the 'credit : '. v i.Jbri'th? holding of-the-Defonco.Conference.was ..' ~' 'iiie'jtoi.the Prime Minister of Now ;-.'' ','■': i; 3e'.,fayoured thoattitudewhichSir. Joseph had- :.:.'..,■ tho conference, '■■■ As'lqng .as"; New ,:<' ' ::Se£land could,.afford to do so, it should '•»n- ---■!: ''S ;ributb. its quota to 'the British Navy,. regard..l . wgiwhioh-it was simply-delightful and glorious ..-' \ to: readj : Mr. 'frask was of opinion that every .;':-"'.' ; ; you'ng'fmari' between bighteen' and; twentjr-three -■' erioulu. iuhdergo. two or- three .weeks of. military ' drill'.'every year for five years.':-If juhivorsal training,were -not'a success;,ho .would support ' tho introduction of a, compulsory system. He , wasrj.pleased to have , heard; thai the: Governmott«ha'd borrowed another millionV'. If ;it had millions he,,wiould,hot have objected, »o mng'.as the money, earned moro; than it cost. NEIb^fo'rENCOURAGE^VOLUNTEERING, ThMHon. W.''fJC.' CARNCROSS, (Taranaki) declared; that : some : in... the Cook blands:were;exploiting.their workers'. Ho con,demh'ed assertions to'tho' effect that the volunteers/would. not prove.! an: -effective : defence force.:,'-A' more'lively, interest;should,be taken in If there .were public coropeti-, tioffiji'nm'?ng.;coinpaiue3,:. : : interest'.would be arohsled, as ■ Was- 1 the: case' in' regard' to football. Tlif'Jink ibetweon tho cadots and the, adults nhottidv'.be fostered. :•'■'. It; was .'his' opinion that"' ; '^the''','smartest"'of ■•.■;the : noh-commis-siod?d::::,'onicers..'should ''be'. : ' paid to give instruction to'cadets r on ; their half a fosult','of"tho Polico Commission;' he thought thfel'Gbv'ernment " ! ahd'' the -commissioner- had come" but'.woll.' , '''N6w was: the.: time to . carry on ..fiirthef,. retfohchmeht, if such wero , found to bb-hecessary;s In; regard-to naval-defence, ho thought the Prirab Minister had made tho possible. :To become, a juniorApartner in an Australasian navy would bo a?great;mistake;;'.He approved.the-borrow-ingi'of,.further;:- -for :the Advances to Settlers;; Department. The.,; 90?'; years '■).■ lease tenuro'-which: was so muoh despised in some quarters had .proved; a boon'to mahy settlers. It too much to givophe. land:.to. tbje. tenants at the original valuetionl': '.Ho', thought'' theT'uhearned' incrc; merit,;should 'he divided equally between, the Stdte'.and, : tho..tena'nt.;-: : .:.,: -;.;; ■••■■.[':-■.'';.,': . ' ,ilt;;Aiistcy :' Hbw.'about:those;who have paid the'jftill: Value:;: : :;.X' j' ; '" : :; ':■.'/}.■ ■;.:;-; : ;■ ;•'■. ;"'•'.':;"';. iOF.vfITHER' COUNCILLORS. \: Y -. Tie'|HDn^ : :Hi" ; SCO'TLAND V (Taranaki) ;: de'-. claredthat it was unreasonable to suppose that a could be madei.iri(a ( few, - months." He didj'iibt'f .agreemont recently ;Bome to, and.congratulated tho country uppi\.,hiivina(r^cap.%d,-.hnrjjngjto i jprpyide a wholo Hee(;-'-.bf.'warships,-instead..ofvono-vessel. The present';'unsatisfactory; position .was.'.'; entirely tho'i.vieghjt/.of sending .our: delegate, Homo; abZealand, was drifting: ihtp' a dreadful■ .itato ;of one-man potfpr, *'p,■•■■',■„''• '- --' ; '' ■' ''',' VW&iln::s. ■_ (Auckland). hbped'':mere.icncpura'gcmont.-:would be given-to thft'jyolinteers'l'.ain'd,cadets;';',Compulsory traih.be the very last resource for::forced;mon.were..very, little use..'.However, thcfeStyas.much'.;room for improvement in tho oxistihp;, system.;..;Tho:.'proposed.: Native land lawi"t'snould, : ;make:.;prbvision'."to\-,protect the NntiyeJ'{frbm themselves.'As: regards tho'North Island^;'there'/were-thousands, upon thousands of i"nci:c3:flr iinei ildhds lying idle. If the Ooyercment would:.do, away with the l.i.p. Eyst'emiin'as far/aS the,back-Hooks were coni ceraM, .it:would be,< fi. good .thing, for -tho tcouritry.ifcEe did not'-cafo-'what: form (of. tenuro was",* in.? existence,. sp. long. as the' settlers had ' a secure marketable title. : ; : ''•'• . : -"i ■ UpoU,'the,,motion of-the Hon.'.Ji'r.'Paul, the dob'ate':*as;adjburn'ed,':.ahd'it .was decided to ■*.;;■'/:,