PATEA AND WAIT0TARA SETTLERS.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXV, Issue 3760, 7 September 1869, Page 4

PATE A AND WAIT0TARA SETTLERS.

In the House of Ttepresentatives, on Thursday, August 20, Mi Kelly moved that the House go into oommitteo to con fcider of an address to his Excellency the Governor, praying him to submit for appropriation such sum as he may deem to bo necessaiy foi tho pui pose of malting advances by way o' loan to the Patea and Wmtolara settleis, to enable them to re-occupy their faims; such advances to be secured by a moitga«e on the property of those settlers who nwi avail themselves of the privilege. — Mr Travers suppoited tho resolution. The sch°mo, if earned out, would fiee the colony fiom the claims for compensation which vexed the House — Mr Runny thought the pioposition was, a manly aud stra'ghtfonvard one —Mr. H S Hainson was glad to hear of any scheme that would supersede tho miseiable claims for compensation — Tho Hon the Premier said this was an open question with the Government, but .ill its membeis would vote foi the proposition —Mr Fox spoke highly of the couraga and endurance of the Waitotii i settlers, and pointed out the great losses they had sustained. Tho sottleis had adopted >i\tiio line of action In asking for advance! upon tho secuuty of their valuable estates He believed that every shilhnprof the i.10,000 pioposed to bo lent would be ropud The Government had ananged a pl.in by winch the distuct could be occupied without peril, one mqiedient of which was hoc to allow natives who had been enj,v.i,'"d in lebellion to lettirn to the diitnct The Government would of course see that the monej was piopeily expended — Mi Itiehinond approved of the plan — ill Staffoid h,irl not bo p moie giatifled duiing the session than by tho unanimous approval given to this pioposition h\ the House lie would adil his congiatulations to those of tho lion tlx 1 I'leniu'i uuon the skilful w,iy in which tho nutter h\d been in m,i,' d bv the hon member, and thanks -nore duo to Mi Muldluin i- wlio initiated the scheme He entirely ooi'cunod in the propo-ul.— Mr Bro»n bpoko in suppoit of tho motion, .is did »Ko the Di fence Minister, Mr C'moofb Wilson aud otheis —The resolution was carried unanimously, lepoitod to the House, and agreed to