TE AROHA TENURES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17595, 7 October 1920, Page 8

TE AROHA TENURES.

PROVISION OF FREEHOLD. "''''. ' * _;■„„",,: , - \^; BILL BEFORE COUNCIL; SECOND READING CARRIED. ,- fBT TELEGBAPH.—PRESS . ASSOOIATIOjr.] WELLINGTON, Wednesday ? The second reading of ; tha :T<j 'Asoha Crown' Leases Sill'was moved ,by -Sir Frahcis' Ball in the-Legislative Coionwl to-day. He said the progress of the town was prevented by the* present . system., oS mining leases. 1* evsr there '■'.■yraa .'a. case where there:was an,answer- to those who raised' the j old , cry of , leasehpld "versus freehold it was in the casei of Ta'ArOha shopkeepers who had mining; leases.'.;••" v The lion, C.'H. Isard (Wellington) suggested that .another form of lease with reasonable terms :. of renewal could be Mwtof"/J? ■■-■'*■'. '. ~': :. . ,s". .'..' . : ';. :'.-«.v- ---# The Hon. J. Barr <Cltristichißreh). asked whether" it. was wise te| part with ' land under whicb" be valuable sjprmgs; and whether it was fair to give, the mere licensee or the* section the l first' chance of 'securing the land, instead- of putting it -up for auction under '"a proper form ol lease.-' s.-"" - <•»-'%•■ '•- '•> .*• •■'>■■■■.'■ •., -•> ■ The' Hob. W*. J> Qeddis (Napier) said the Government. should secure the full market at auction. He ' feared |hia was o»y', the. beginning of similar demands Trout all over the country. ThefHon. R. Moore (Christehurch) said the latter proposal would be most unfair, for "die. present -holders Would "not. be given 4he benefit of' the goodwill of a business built. ■«& by years of work. "££ The Hon. "W, Ealrnshaw - (WeUiiu|oh) ridiculed Mr. Moore's argument, spring that the auctioning of leases was the system adopted ' throughout the • country. • The Hon. O. Samuel {New li Plymouth) said it would be unfair to put Te Arpha leases already occupied up for auction. Sir Francis. Bell said that but for th« mere accident of locality, being ajminnij area, the people of Te Aroha would have had* the freehold years ago; What they had'« 4 present was a title given for the erection of mere mining shanties. ■■.'i&t. freehold would:be- granted of land on which there were mineral springs. The second* reading was carried by '44 votes to 6.* "'" ' '" " ," ' " A LENGTHY DEBATE. OTAGO HOSPITAL DISTRICT. [BT i TOOiEGBASH.'— ASftOOtATMSr.Ji : WELLINGTON.. Wedaeeday. In the House of Representatives, this evening the Hon. C. J. Pars' moved that the, House s go into . Committee on the Hospitals and - Charitable Institution: Amendment Bill, & measure' which proposed to divide the Otago hospital district, giving a special district to South Oi-ago. He said the Bill represented the settled policy of the Government. The Prime Minister and himself, "having gone carefully into the position, had come tc the conclusion that the demand of the people of South Otago was warranted. The Bill violated no settled policy of the department because several specific instances where new hospitals had been set up showed that wherever new district* were required the department agreed tc that course, and that was the position in South Otago. , The policy of the departmen*, could "never be that the country districts must depend upon a few base hospitals in the cities. Mr. T. K. Sidey (Dunedin South), wht opposed the Bill, declared that the pohcj Of the Bill was totally opposed to On policy laid down by the Minister wher recently, addressing the conference of ho* pita"}, authorities", when be maintained that base hospitals in the cities must'not b< weakened by dissipating their • strengtl on country institutions,. There was t speefaj reason why this should not be dop< in -Otago, where was situated the Medics, School, which must suffer if a large pari of the revenue of the Otago Board w»< cut off. Since- the Bill was before th« House last session the Otago Bos.rd had done everything possible to meet the hospital requirements, of 'South Otago. The debate, which up to midnight showed no signs of terminating, was continued by Messrs. Malcolm and Mitchell, who supported the Bill, and by Messrs. Kellett, Isitt, "Dickson (Chalmers), and Dr. Thacker, who opposed it. (Left sitting.) SYRIAN DISABILITIES. (bt *BUWBAPH.-2sPEaUtt. rbtortbr.] * WELLINGTON, Wednesday, The New Zealand Syrian Benevolent Society petitioned Parliament some time ago • for legislation defining the terra " Asiatic, so as-to remove the disabilities cast upon Syrians through their coming within that definition. The M. to Z, Petf tions Committee to-day referred the petition to the Government for consideration.