PARLIAMENTRY.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 80, 4 October 1879, Page 3

PARLIAMENTRY.

TKE fe<S^Sfe6fi DEIJATE. - Tuesday. The^ fSoni Joms::'SajiJj, m mpving the. : ;of : "V^anit of ;Confidence, arraigned , |ihe Q-bV;<?rnment fprf .;iiO^-t^ulfilinQnt of pro- . pise 3of rereh.chment"|'hut insteadj they had' increased' the Civil Service expenditurs by £15,000 ; a yqar* They. \ hadronly nmde \ l a '■ eham move,, to reduce their own .salaries. j?xtravagant &ii^ made of GFoyernmenb s^mewj atid the conditibn of native 'affairs nbwwasvunfoflmhaiely worse" than when they took office, noV 4rithst|and.ing a .most .lavish expenditure. He. denied that the Government liad obs, tamed any concession, frpm.Rewi. A bad System .of personal Government* by the Naiive Minister, had been; : established. The ; oovernflienlr .ii\a& neglected { to give proper libancial information .when introducing the Loan^Bil^/ ' They had cprr^p^d'th'e publio, prfess fey unfair distribution, of adyertisejnonts; they ' haTd trektefl '"the Giyil Service ■Vtofairly by apjipintment • tl^ey had neglected the administration of. justice" by leaving Lytijgltotf without a Magistrate for mQn&S';';^b > c; > 'h |^;;n'^leibfed\*cha>itebleia--.stitiijfionjj »nd£ ' hafyi.' nse,d ';]> (^Qvernment steamers' _ans influ.encej and the telegraph! most improperly' to iiu^ueflicei the, late elections. They also attempted to bribe several constituencies by ;'papmising,or comipen^ cingipubiic .^jorjks/ He e^gss^ his ow^ concurrence in^in'ost of the' measures mentioned m thie. Speech: although not expecting such good from '" t^ein' iertnV Vernier did. A revisipn~"of taxjitipn," wa* necessary to make alVclaases ■ .pi-- prpperlifss fcpnt.rjbiite. Legislation was required on. cWitabielinr Btitufcions, licensing^ • other social objects, but above aUth^ the la^s m existence slibiiJOe papably^and epergeticaUy and honestly administered, and while the present GpyernmenL, were m bffice.he *did not' beiieVfe'ttjey' would' be.' "For that re&son' fie moved jL^e, amendment.,; '. '. ""'. Sir Q-boe^b- GkBBT. denied the accusations made,. and. main taineclh.is r%ht as Premier. i}o use the.jQ:oyernmenjb steante^-s to,, enable nim '^'thwi-^e''^pi^ ( b^'ih^'k^}6nj>- / iifd' impress upon thehx the'-pririciples . w ( hich lie believed wpnld. conduce, t.o pilbKo weK faT#. Native aff ; air« were i"v m. a more satisu, factory condition; now than when tney wheY they took bftlrie. He ridiculed the ide^ of biriWri jf the-p'ressi with' a' f e wvpaltry adyeitisements. He maintained that hel had? aci^d. m a fair and^fnjendly w,ay to the Civil Service, and deelaijed that the- BrleptotW JBiU of last year, if p^sß^' as the. Council' had altered it, would have, taken fi-om the natives : rlghtrthlßy / d^&titiitionally poaseised and w(iuld have: led to seribus disturbance, parhapswar. He maintained thejueticeof Land Tax and past Governments foil'Jland legialafcion^" fending^toereateiscuiatd6raey and reduce, peepje to poverty. The present Q-overnmept m office or out were^ defermined to work to secure equal rights Ip^alli and woidd; dpVtheir duty T>y their; fellow colnriists/ ' - : . v *••-; , v ' ■' Mi* S aiwdees spoko; atroHgly against the, Gpfernment. He reviewed the speeches of the,iiioTer and seconder' -of- the Address.' Comparing ihetwo speeches i^appeared to himjbhat the mover was pVepared to follow thing, while the other

.woiUd. only follow his conscience. The hon. member then proceeded to; condemit the Premier for the very liberal use he had made of the Hinemoa, after the manner m which he had condemned the purchase of that steamer, and adrocated its sale. • His excuse had been that he travelled inher to enlighten the electors, quite forgetting that m order to be enlightened they wotild re quire to hear both sides of the subject. He alleged that during Sir George Grey's candidature 1 m Ohristchurch he had never brought' the true issues hefore-theelectbriij and he denied that the Premier was sincere m his professions in -favor- of Liberal measures. He charged the Premier with spreading diicontenirthTOUgh- the ceuntry by-his speeches, and holddihg^ut. visions of. prosperity ; that; -were never likely to be realised. He denied that the condition of the Colony was sound, on the contrary they had reason to believe that, the finances of the colony were un-, sound, and some of the Address m Heply he characterised as ''rot." He proceeded at some iength to criticise the itoply, arid was loudly cheered at the conclusion of his address. '. ''.. r . ■.' ,'" -;- ; /: ■;■'■•■_;. '" ■ ' : -~ ,- " ; ■" " : ':•••• •Wednesday. : Mr. ; Speioht resumed -the debate on the No^Corifldehce' Aienclment. He congratulsted^h'e:'.;Hoiue^pji*';iihe;''imprbted tone of the debate as compared with .last Session, "arid hoped 1 it would be maintained. He' was disappointed witti the" speech made by 'Mr. Hall, and the assertions were merely convictions, and no valid reasons were ad;duced; He helievedthe cpjpny as a whole "wasrin favor] of : the sGoiyernment/ as cpnstituted so as to enable them to . give ? effectjJbo ' the liberal schemes ;put; forward. He de-: fended the Native Ministers line of pol^y at great length, ahd> scouted the idea of a coalition Ministry. • Colonel TsiafßLß spotein favor- of- the amendment. He dealt with the question of local subsidies, and Blamed the Goternroent "for" its kxnesVin; payirig tbe'se- 'subsidies. H| traversed what.Tiad been saicl^by the .'Pi'emier' about the distress and hardships imposed upon the peasantry of Qreafc Britairiand Ireland, v and showed that r thePremier had attributed the distress- -altogether to a Wrong cause. -The- cry- about attempt.jngXto^ cteate * art aristocracy could hot possibly- be' made tp apply to New. ■Zealand. The aristocracy of Great Britiin had; arisen -but of ;an exigency ,whioh",did ript andj.gould .npj; exiijb m thege cpjp,Tiies.i; JThe speecn; was; interrupted jby the $.3ff adjournment. :. ri _ , y ' -*^Colonel Tbimble continued the debate on, the House. resumuigL ■ He denied the claim of any .Ministry JritH '$*& Q e °*i@sPty *?■ Premier to thatitlebf Liberal. Ete.;str6n|ly condemned ; the administration of Native matters on the West Coast, aiid indignantly denied the rumors ; that the . settlers there; "encouraged disturbances for their own The way the Premier pandered to working men was political mountebankism. Mr. Moss defended the Government, and; ; Mr. Gisborne spoke - at some length, /'charging the Opposition with stealing jthe Government policy, and singling out the -Premier for personal: attack. ' ; Mr. Dick condemned the Government administration, and on that ground would vote for the amendment, r and endeavor to place m ofiice .a more honest Ministry to pass LiberalmeasnTes. ■'■'' » / •-:--; - ; ■■■ ■ '■■'! Mr. Ireland avpwed himself a; thorough supporter of- the' Ministry. ■■ ?' '; - : The debate was adjourned on the motion of the Postmaster- General. , : " ■.'•'-■ s Thursday. The no-confidence debated wi>3 resumed hj the Hon. Mr. TrsHßßi who considered that Mr. Haimijybtack on the Ministry was most: wishy-washy. '; • ; ':.■"':. : , Mr. Mtthkay charged the Ministry with extravagance m various matterSi He considered the 'dissolution of Parliament quite, •uncalled for, arid ;said it had cost the coun-s try a hnndre'd' thovisand .pounds,- simpjiy b'reanse half the House had-mo confidence m the Premier.; It was not "a question of policy that w*i'before\tKe cpjintry, hut.the trustworthiness of members ; 'of ihe Ministry. In Native affairs the .-i Government :were extravagant. They mismanaged" and bnngr 'fed, while the ; Premier very discreditably excited cljyn f ealing. ; - He} would -not on tliis occasion wfl.lkjO^j.- against the iMinisfiy.^' ; "- ~*'.z~-i^-y*'-. '-.[:. : /■"■:'' ':■■■:' Mr. Brown supported : the Government. .He -said Messrs. M*Caughan>arid M'astera: were, returned - to vsuppprfc .the ; Gover- • ■=ment.: ; '-v: : .'V .'.•:■-." ■'* .• '.'. .'.'...--: '- .:'■'■'- ■•■--.;' •i i]V|r ? Mas,^§^3. followed, .maintaining; he Tv;asi returned as an independatit- member, anil' would yote^eonsp^ men,, m p,pppsitipn ; whp?h^felt ;he could, tmi9,t as hje^b^^. Qfithe^ 'Government. He alpno wasVresppnsiblei to his coristitue,nts^ The' Hoi^se. adibaa^e/J, at 5.aQ till 9^30 p';m'. ;>; ;' ■ ; --'- i^--^>-; •■^ !f i ! > -'- -"';;- ; -;-: \