PARLIAMENTARY.

Marlborough Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1912, 22 July 1886, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

[Per United Press Association.] HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE'’,

TUESDAY, .JULY 20

When Ihe House resumed at 7.30

Mr BRYCE continued the debate on the L>an Bill, Tiie Govtnment’a change of front wiili re ,ard to tlio LSOO.OOO was no surprise, but lie failed to s f e how the means proposed by the Treasurer would inak<- t!.e deficiency good Sir J. Vosjal might d-nounce the people, but lie certain’)' had led them to believe he was going in for large borrowing lie entered into the que-tion of a borrowing p >licy afcgroit length, and argued that no one realised the rxter.t to which the Colony was committed. He insisted that we were paying interest out of Joan too, find were gedng too fast. He agreed with the Premier that too much money was “pent ou public buildings. Expenditure on open railways required careful consideration in so young 8 country. Referring to the Hcretauoga block lie said the money for that was pail Dr Buffer for the Maori vote last year. He condemned tba purchase from private

individuals of the Ngai.e Swamp, which ‘il (1 n „t he drained, and criticised several ~ r land transactions of the Govern- ° ~n t Tbo system of purchasing Native ! n la by a commission which had been T.lished long »"<> was being revived in H 3 worst form. Under it the Gov rnme.n 1 old oiih Ret the worst land. The Government had not only abandon.d their I~r but had also broken down in their » ended by ..yint; that the amount of the loan was too large, oueht fo be reduced. Mr BALLANCb said lie had never ,j 8 „ much distortion, discoloration, . nf i misrepresentation as in the ptcced. in«r Rpccch. AH were agreed that borrowin" mu st bo continued, and it was on y L M.iustion for what works they should ‘‘“ loin". The Government were not K ing beyond the letter of the law in res' ( l to the purchase of land bycommis- • l I’liev had taken that means to profor the Northern Trunk line, and J,y l,i,l„nd. It bad been do ic lh „ u,press wißb of Ibo House, lie de. I nrled the other purchases referred to i Bryce and added that Dr Boiler ill rather worked against than for the •nmment. The money referred to tV voS by the House in the ordinary Me concluded that Mr Bryces criticism did not carry very great weight, d if their administration was to receive no more seriouc attack than that tt would not be much damaged. Mr ORMOND did not consider the I.o. rowing policy in excess of the requirenie„l,9 0 f the country at p-csent, lhe Bill proposed a new departure by earlurking the loan, but they did not give ,h.. fullest effect to the principle. He refo,red to the Public Worxs Statement empty and unstatesmenlike. and faP--1„.» to grasp the requirements of the Pol-iny ” He proceeded to deal with pf the railway proposals mentioned therein to show that the prowess pro mi-cd when the Government took ofhee had not been fulfilled. Their road policy wjh i uiiossible and impracticable ahe Pailway Board proposals lmd been uawel over in silence, and no proper provinion had been made for school buildin,,9 There waß a good deal that was un-iitisfactory in lhe Government land purchases, but he did not blame the Gov,mment for buying land on the NorthTrunk line' Their action with regard lo immigration was not satisfactory |R contended that the Government had not fulfilled! any of the pledges which iluw gave when entering office, lhe House was demoralised and. Parly Government was a failure, and for thn iho Government was responsible. Mr SUTTER quoted a large number of statistics to show what wc have to borrow upon, and found that we had borrowed Hu much, drawing a glaring picture of our finances generally. Mr DUNCAN said that if Mr Ormond s ideas were carried out we should have to . spend at least three millions next year. Mr W. F. BUCKLANI) was disappointed with the public works policy of the Government, and the general waste of money. They did not know exactly how money was spent nor how much it cost to keep a majority together for a Governmol, parliamentary Government was rapidly becoming a farce, Mr MOSS also took as unfavorable a view of our finances, and quoted the prices of various Colonial stocks with a view of shewing that New Zealand bonds were not in good repute. At 12 10 Mr Mitchelson moved the adinurnment of the debate, which was agreed

lhe Iloipitals and Charitable Institut to 119 Amendment Bdl was further considered in Committee. In answer to Mr lluckland, the 1 render said lie considered that Mr Pearson s resolution for throwing the cost of Charidibit Aid on property tax, passed last, week, was unpracticable and he did not intend to take any notice Of it. litusi 88,9, 10 and 14, were stiuck out with the view of inserting now clauses. The consideration of the latter was postponed, and the rest of the Bill passed. Progress was reported and the House rose at 1.15 a.m.

WuriNEHDAY, J L'nY 21

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL,

The Fit at Offenders Probation Bill w;s read a first time.

The Counties Bill was further con-

silt-red in Committee. .Clause 157, dca'ing with special rates, waf amended so os In provide that special rates shall not exreed three farthings in the pouud on the capital value. A number of clauses were agreed to, and the Council took the dinner adjournment at 5 o’clock.