Parlimentary

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 10093, 7 September 1895, Page 3

Parlimentary

9 | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE?;. Friday, September 6. The House met) ot 2.30. I UNFORTUNATE RUNHOLDERS. i In reply to question!) by Major Steward and Mr FiatmaD, Mr John Mackenzie said that no injustice wonld be done to rnnholders in Canterbury and Otago who had suffered by the aeverity of the winter and the heavy fall of enow, and everyone would be treated fairly. It was the mll tention of the Government te bring in a . bill thte session to remit the sheep tax in b cases where sheep bad been lost in the 3 anow, bat the Goveomuenti did not pros pose to remit the sheep tax throughout c the colony. Eaoh oase wonld be dealt 1 with on its merits. Even now. rane holders were refusing to pay the I '. nbeep tax, in anticipation of a res mlgeion being made by the Governe ment, bad those flackowners who had , y not lost their sheep should not try to & benefit by those wao had been more ano fortunate. The question of a remission h ot rents in exceptional cases would also it be considered, and the Government would c do its best to relieve those who had been d nnfortnnate and were honeatly entitled n to assistance. 6 QUESTIONS. g Replying to other quostlona it was is stated— » 1. That the Government were making n investigations as to the position of fnndd in the Public Trust Office and I'ost-oflice Savings Bank, and it the lnw was found to be defective, an amending Act would be introduced. The Public Trustee, however, had scuted ihv.v it wnnld n^c he possible to make the funds in tbaS offico a- more secure. al 2, That the Government had nnder in consideration a proposal that all cattle lo and shoep slaughtered for export should ie be Inspected before being shipped, n- 3. That it waa proposed to appoint a er Depnty Public Trustee. 4. That If the rrmjority of the Honte decided to pub the liquor traffic andor n- thorough control the Legislature would have to take the consequences in regard to a deficiency in the revanue. 5. That the matter of the Government Life Insurance Department still charging 7 per cent interest on loans to members , was receiving the attention of the Colonial Treasurer. 7. That the Tariff BUI would bo brought down next week, about Wednesday. of The adjournment of the Uousu beliif; iat moved, the answers given to several ol ng the questions by Ministers were discussed until 5.30.