PARLIAMENTARY NOTES.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 13, Issue 1071, 3 August 1869, Page 3

PARLIAMENTARY NOTES.

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Tuesday, July 27.

Sir David Munro i resumed his accustomed •" seat as Speaker antl as soon as prayers were over, he, in feeling terms, returnedjthank^.to the House for its j address .'. of sympathy, on the occasion of his recent family bereavement, Mr. Potts wanted to knowif the Government intended to bring . in .any,. Copyright Bill, and was told the Government was too busyj but he had better bring in one himself. Mr. Fox, on behalf of Mr. Yogel, apologised for the financial statement hot being ready, but promised that it should be on Thursday. Several bills were advanced a stage, and a long discussion took place in committee on the Westland Publiehouse Bill.. Mr.. Fox •incidentally observed that he thought licenses should only be granted to pubV lic-hpnses on the petition of twothirds of those persons most interested in the matter— the wives and families of the drinkers. Several members objected to the time of the House being taken -up in legis- ;. lating on matters of mere municipal concern, and ultimately the bill was postponed on the understanding that Mr. Barff would bring in a bill to give the County Council of Westland power to make bye laws to regulate licensing and other similar matters. A message was received from the Governor enclosing a bill to make provision for the pay - memVof Imperial troops. Mr. Fox explained ; that the bill only put into the shape of an enactment the resolution passed by the House on Thursday night. The bill was read a . first;<time. ( .. /The debate on Mr. Tancred's resolutions was resumed by Mr. M'Lean, who expressed bis pleasure at the tone arid manner in which Mr. Tancred had brought forward his proposals. He admitted them to be worthy of consideration j but thought „.. <the mover had not fully or fairly considered the > great ';_acrifiees already made by the North Island settlers, or the loyalty of some l '- of the friendly natives which deserved our lasting gratitude. Mr. M'Lean cited several instances to prove these points, and then said that fas he would in a few days have to bring the policy of the Government on sudh matters fully before the house, he would not now go into the policy of Mr. TancredV f r,eßol,utions,<and would appeal to that gentleman to withdraw them as tending greatly, . .to • , embarrass the Government. Major Heaphy severely- criticised Mr. Tancred's proposals, declaring that if carried out they would utterly prevent emigration to the colony for years to come. Mr. Kelly, thought the resolutions showed a want of appreciation of the real position of the ... jtjorth .Island settlers, and he strongly , 'oppbseld/thbm. Mr. H. S. Harrison also ; Opposed them, and Mr; Reynolds, while admitting that he could hot vote against the resolutions, hoped they wonld be withdrawn, as otherwise he and several others would be in an awkward position. Mr. Wilson deolared the scheme utterly impracticable, and, 7 took exception to some of the mover's reV marks about the employment of Ghoorkaa. Mr. Bell, and Mi?. Farnell opposed the resolu- _; tions, although the latter gentleman admitted that he approved of the two first resolutions. r ,Mr,. Tancred. briefly replied, and then, by biieavevof the House, withdrew his resolutions., J '''.'Th^eblte oii Mri Rolleston's resolutions by Tareha, whose speech was , a succession of demands that all the confiscated lands on the East. Coast: should be ' giye)a Jbb, him, except those portions which he had indicated as being proper payment for'the : sin of the enemy. The Waikatos, ' he said, were served quite right by losing their land, as they had begun tbe distur- ( ba|_cesV . Mr. Williamson, after listening to 5 "the speeches of Mr. Rolleston and the two natives, failed to find a single reason why ia commission, such as the one asked for should ..'be appointed at the present.tjme, although • .he admitted that in 1860 such a step would 'uMye.been .a ; statesmanlike one, and have been attended with the happiest results. Nothing, however, would now satisfy the " ha'tiVes but what Mete Kingi and Tareha .< had stated—the return of all the confiscated lands-r-a: thing which was impossii, ble, and beyond the .power of the Queen herself, as a good deal of the land had been '"sold; and Crown grants issued for it. Mr.. iV Kelly? opposed the resolutions as utterly impracticable, and Mr Stafford, while admitJfing that he could not vote for them, thought ||#JrouldVhave a bad effect on the native k;_mp3 to directly negative them. He there|;fp|^ moved the previous question, but not I until he had spoken to Mr. Rolleston and fttbjf-the resolutions. , Mr. Rolleston replied loathsome length, and he also complained |!&itterly of the tr eatment he had* reoeived fefj^otn the Premier. The speaker then ;piit "That the question * [resp- *- Ihtiohs] be. now put," and declared thatthe !1; noes had it. A division was called for, -;'- when the noes were 33, and the ayes 22. The resolutions were accordingly shelved, - Mr. Rolleston and all bi3 supporters voting ] .with the hoes, so as to prevent the direct defeat which they would have met with had ' !> t!ie HouSe been asked to decide on the re•■a solutions. It wss nearly one o'clock when " ""the "House adjourned.

Wednesday, July 28

„ .^VXfjier soirie formal business had been v transacted, and leave given to bring in one ' "or iwo news bills, the discussion on Mr., W. H. Harrison's motion in favor of the Government assuming the command of the Weajtl^nd. police was resumed. Mr. Harrison, after showing how it would improve tbe force to be remOved from the control of the County Council, went on .to speak' ofthe-saving which'would be effected if the whole police of the Colony was one ' ;. body under one head. Mr. Rolleston . and. t -Mr. Stafford spoke strongly in favor of making the police a Colonial, force on the . plan of the Irish constabulary, while Mr. Macandrew, apd Mr. Kelly thought the ppUce should Replaced entirely under ihe * -^dritroldf municipal authorities: MrVßell and Mr.* Fox affected to see in the re<rt solution a new proof of the failure of the Westland County scheme, and Mr. j Barff ) th6iight their ; reriaarks quite un- ! called for. Mr. Stevens supported the r„;:«jdea ViOf f.one , police force, .=. and spoke of y-hthfewi jtßsatisfactory state of the Wel- -^ ■• lirijgton* PjOUce, for which? stateriient he was taken %l*' ! tiis__ By Mr. Borlase, who said .; there w^asjjnoreVcriirie.in Canterbury than ■ . he*e]Wd'that'he for one was quite satisfied •yftmitirtpa local force. . Mr. Carleton and Mr. -expressed themselves in- favour. XMtyt a Col priial police; and the debate wasthen ,¥^fi'i\U.iii'AU',-'.H'-il' lii .',\i\ii.*i' .''.'.if iA : «'. if /?'"__!•»'<'_•'' . ! „ of the, time; for ' J^ffi&^^'VtfaltW -the *frs£ffeyisf J

bills wcrevadvancedVa stage, and on the second reading of the bill embodying the resolutions regarding, paying for. the 18th Regiment, Mr, W. 11. Harrison wanted to know what the circumstances were which had justified- the action taken by the Government on Thursday night last. Mr. Bell replied by giving all the information which he could consistently ; with the interests of the public. Ifc was that Te Kooti had gone to the headquarters of the King, and on his way there and on his arrival demanded from all the chiefs he met their meres, poun amous, and other emblems of authority, at the same time setting up most extravagant pretensions 'for himself, and demanding that his peculiar, phase of Hau Hauism should be embraced. This was the first intelligence, arid the Government knew that if Kooti's intentions were recognised an immediate outbreak would result. Later hews showed that the King chiefs refused to see or yield to Te Kooti, and that it was possible a . collision migbt even take place between them, but in this Europeans might be involved, and the removal of the 18 th could not have failed to precipitate matters, and make them more alarming. Mr. Carleton seemed to think the Government might have told the House, if not the public, all this before, but he supported the Bill. Mr. Yogel said the Government had now more perfect information, which it did not think* right to disclose. Mr. Ludlam did not blame the Government, but thought it a pity that so many unfavourable rumors had been allowed tocircu-" late. Mr. Stafford supported the Bill, and approved of the course the Government had adopted. Mr. Bunny hoped the, Govern-' ment would tell the House all it could. Mr. Fox thanked Mr. Stafford for his support, and said the Government had done all it could to prevent or contradict groundless and alarming rutnors. The Bill was then read a second time, and the House adjourned to 7 o'clock this evening, when the financial statement will be made.