REVALUATION BILL.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 10059, 29 July 1895, Page 4

REVALUATION BILL.

The bill is Introduced by Mr G. \V. Btusell for the periodical revaluation of lauds held underlease in perpetuity made t « decided split ia the Government party, anctao feirer than 27 Ministerialists voted against it, including fonr Ministers. Tho number .for Rleearton disclaimed any to the Minister for Lands in bringing in the bill, and be seemed particularly anxioua to repudiate pressure ~ 'front any political association over. the. measure* It wa^juaw^p." \>~,,,, r inni» v atiiJweucß ' mat when the division was . taken last night the chairman of the Canterbury ■' Progressive Liberal Assogtation was seated in the Speaker's - gallery, eagerly watching the result of- the vote. 'On the second readIng i it was also Bomewhat Instructive to, Observe that although the bill was thrown out by 14 votes no less than 10 Canterbury members voted with the minority ia favor of the bill, This naturally justified those members who asserted that the measure was simply bronpht in at the dictation of the Canterbury Progressive League and not in the Interests of true settlement) of the lands of.the colony.