STRAY BITS FROM HANSARD.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10969, 18 July 1898, Page 4

STRAY BITS FROM HANSARD.

Mr J. Hatobeßon— l know of men who have groaned and complained against the drawing of certain earns from their wages evt-iy week— men to whom every sixpence of their is of lmpottanoe. There are poopln wbo will say It only means a pint of bear less per week. Th*t la no argument) whnttver. 1 tell honorable gcnt'pmen thnt there ore uiany wotklDg people lv this town who do not have any pine of beer. Mr Meredith— He complimented the Hawke's Bay Edaoatlon District. Tbe lospecsor there, Mr Hill, referred moot enlogbtlcolly to the gentleman who had occupied tbe position of Chairmen of tbe Bjard continuously for more than 17 years. lie xefemd to too Hon, Mr Ormond, one of tbe member* of the Lei>ltlotlve Coqdoll, When tbe administration cf pnbllo edaoatlon In this colony oonld oontlnue to command tbe services of snob exparlenofd and ospablo gentlemen as the Hon. Mr Ormond he ventured to say that oar pnb b ednoatlon was absolntely safe. * # * * * Mr Seddon— l feel 16 to be wlso to htroduce It In thh (Municipal Franchise) Bill, because snrueilmss sobemss have been propounded, ani ibis ltg rolling has goueon la loaal bodies where five persons bave praotlcally tbe controlling power, and they, with a few or their iitecd*— all loteresied parties— have bad the electing power, ond have oftentimes voted to take Irom the people proved rights. The luurb of cities have been lntetfered with, and heavy liabilities Inourred for tbe purchasing of properties ; and who Is it who has se'.tled -=11 thl«? Han it been settled by tbe 20,000 or 30 000 adnlta retldeot in tho place? No; by tbete paltry 2000 or 3000, who I tay bavo vested toterestt, and who vote to eoii themselvs. ***** Mr Word (Preferential Voting and Proportional Representation Bill) -Toko Gl borne atjd Napier : Dace any honorQblo member mean to a&y that If yon extecd this §yetem to as to have only 14 electorates In this colony, you would have Napier and GUborne shaking hands and Acting together for the pnrpoße of Initial tog trade ? I say each ceutre would fight (or itself, and the members standing wjuW ba as olatlootly representatives of certain parti as mnch as they are now. * # * * ♦ Mr Seddon -Thete were In this country a few unscrupulous members of the legal profession wbo«e oharges weie eqoally si jid ai those of tbe usurers. He had In his mind a case where a Maoil borrowed £1. He was oharged 12« 61 for Interpretation, £1 12< 6d other oharges, and 5j for sometblog else. That £1 coat him £3. There wai do donbt tbli sabjeo6 demanded attention. Mr R. Thompson— Did the Maori pay this charge ? Mr Seddon said yea ; and be supposed the fact of bit paying £3 would be a very good reason why he should not borrow aoy more at mob. a piioe. Mr Fisher— There was £1 lent the other day to an Informer. Mr Sooble Mackenzie— l know a oaae In Dtmedln of a co-operative workman who got bis foot cruabed la the courie of his work under the Government ; he was sent to tbe hospital, and wai there for a considerable time— l think a couple of months. He had a wife and eight obildren, who daring that time were bionght to the verge of starvation. My notice was then drawn to the case, and I applied to the Government for some hiding weekly allowance tor the family, I did not oare how Bniall a sum lt> wan. In the meantime 1 had to get the family thrown npon the Charitable Aid Board of Dunedin. The reply from the Government was, In the first Instance, that they did not hold themselves responsible for accidents to workmen under the cooperative system. Mr Seddon— Hear, hoar. Mr M. J. S Maokenzle— The honorable gentleman says 'I Hear, hear," but if he heard any oase of a private employer who had given the samo oold blooded answer to men an appeal we should have had a bill In tliU Home to deal with the matter very qulokly. * * * * ♦ Mr Crowthtr— Matthew, Mnvk, Luke, and John, I am the next to follow on. Sir, I am not going to tell a hilf-trubb, aa tbe last speaker did by suyiDg he did not Intend to do what he übb done. I intend It from tbe first. I think most of us when we came here intended It, and we waste a lot cf time in saying things wo do cot mean. # # * * * Mr C. Wllßcm-i who to tell tbe House sometbiog that happened to myself this mornlDg. I was waited npon by two ladles, for whom 1 have great respeot, who asked me to give a subscription— and I wleh I could have given more than I did— to aialst an unfortunate girl who had found herielf with a child. Do 70a know the ege of the girl! Itwaejaet nnder 15— a child bearing a ohlld ! Tbls la horrible, Now, you may call It meddling legislation, or interfering legislation, or grandmotherly legislation If you like, but if you can introduce legislation to get at the fellow wbo seduced that girl, and render the opportunities for suoh seduction bb that impossible, we shall do well ; and it Is a matter we should treat with absolute iluoerlty and In all gravity. # * * * * Mr Fiatman— The United Kingdom takes tbe whole of the rabbits we send out of the oolony, and I am of opinion tbat they will take thres times bb many more If we will send them The amount of hares and rabbits which have bean frcztn for the year 1897 was 2,229,056, and theee weighed 58 1230wt, aud tbe value was £46,398. I wbb down at BiL clutha not many months ago, and a storekeeper there told me tbat In** year he paid no leu than nearly £8000 to the trappers for rabbits 1.6 from 4d to 6d a pair. • # * * # Mr G. Hunter— ln the district I have the honor to represent there are localities abiolutely without roadi, and there are a number of rlvars unbrldged. There are also In the neighborhood of these small settlements lar&e block* of native lands whloh aie held In unprintable occupation by tbe natives, and, If money is no ot>j?ot, I maintain this money oould not be expended on a better object than purchasing these native lands for the parpoess of settlement, ♦ ♦ • * » Mr T. E. Taylor— Now, the Govern* ment can take what oomfort they like from it, bat 1 say it, and say it deliberately, that if there 1b not a reform In the tone of tho administration of the Liberal party there la disaster ahead In 1899 for a deed oertalnty. We cannot do more effeotlve work for the opponents of progrerslva legislation than to allow things to go on as they hive been going on during the pist fdw years.