TOWN V. COUNTRY

North Otago Times, Volume CI, Issue 13327, 29 July 1915, Page 5

TOWN V. COUNTRY

'7" TH : A OPPOSITION IN THE HOUSE.^! : ; '.:'-:: : .7"-.'' ''■■■£% /'.'. »• .'(Per P^esi'Association');, >• w^f' :*>■■:'■■■'■ ' '' ;/ '^''■■■'■in . ..> WELLINGTON,.; July ; >2B. '* -Wlteu the,Houseresumed-.al 'fit supv Tpei*-to-tiiglit, Mr McCallunv moved the secoifjl.reading' of;the Betterment Bill, ■wliieV he said was similar to the,BiUints-; ; diiced- thirty-one years .ago .by., the lafe'; Hon. Walter Johnston, lie briefly rf-V ferraVto.thc principal provisions,. .moved the second, readilig".'.- J $, ' A brief debate in which'- 'Messrs i. Hemes, Wright, Wilkinson, aijjl': Contes opposed the Bill followed. | h Mr Isift spoke, in support.of tJjß'j principle., :..■ '■ |. { Hi' - ilindniarsli appi'ovcdV' of the-: '-Bill: • -fiFplxlpir thst ; ! the lands benefited jby" public worift. 5 ' should towards theeos-t,.; Mv Haiian pointed but that the pri'A-;; .ciple.-.of the Bill -had the Financial Statement of "1912:' 'fie;! claimod that all who supported-'-.tlle-; Government then must vote for the,' Bill. ". : |

The Hon. W. Eraser -said': that thei betterment principle co'uk'l not be np-i plied to new lines without/doing ari;<ih-: justice,' altlioitghlt would have been-a; proper provision .when ; ,tho , Public I Works policy was initiated...... •';.{ ~ Mv Young- argued that the Bill.wphlil-: "tend to'add to tlie : ''towii' v.- ; Gdiin-.: try"'cry,-" ■■■•'•■ ' ; '•,■ .-.'■■; * J : ./<-'.y- : ' / ■"•After 'some, further-.-discwifln J;h.e.<! second reading ' was'carried'"on"We k voices. • -'-• '.-.i.!.!-.^;.^ ; ;