N.Z. PARLIAMENT.
TUESDAY, JULY 29. In the Legislative Council to-day the Imprest Supply Bill passed all stages. Some discussion took place on the rating on unimproved value question and the hardship inflicted in some cases on tenants. In the Hou£e of Representatives the Amending Bill which th<» Dunedin Drainage Board is promoting was read a first time with some other measures. After a discussion about fires caused by eparks from railway engines, consideration of the Estimates was proceeded with The whole evening was devoted to the various items in the fir3t few classes, and the House was still sitting when the Telegraph Office closed at 2 a.m. DAMAGE TO PROPERTY BY SPARKS FROM ENGINES. The much-discussed question of the liability of the Government for damage done to property along the railway lines by sparks from engines was once more ventilated in the House this afternoon. The Railways Committee, reporting upon the petition of James Wallace, farmer, of Papatoetoe, near Auckland, who asked for compensation for damage done to hi 3 property by fire caused j by sparks from a railway engine, recom- | mended that the petitioner be granted the i cum of £30. Mr Massey called attention to I the hardship that the petitioner had suffered j •from damage caused by pparks on more than | one occasion, in spite of every precaution i that had been taken by him. Mr Lang instanced a case of considerable hardship which had occurred in his district, and expressed the opinion that it was quite time th-e Government were prepared to compensate the people who had suffered from fires. I Sir Joseph Ward, the Minister of railways, admitted the importance of the question, and thought there was not a member who would not sympathise very much indeed with the unfortunate settler who had suffered. ; At the same time, he pointed out that one i of the many troubles any Administration was met with in dealing with this matter was that it was exceedingly difficult to discriminate between what was an accidental fire and an intentional fire. He did not mean that his remarks referred to the cases quoted by the gentleman on the opposite i side of'the House. He thought if was time an endeavour was made to end the question of the fires referred to in the report of the commission which had been set up to inveetiTHE SOUTH AFRICAN TRADE. The exports from New Zealand to Africa for the year ended March 30, 1902, reached a total value of £730,415. The values for the different ports were : — Auckland £1985, New Plymouth £4447, Waitara £4722, Wellington £41,333, Lyttelton £217,034, Timaru £101,802, Oamaru £50,123, Dunedin £69,295, Invorcargill £240,290, parcels post £379. The principal export was oats, of the value of £616,306, sent from the different ports as follows: — Lyttelton £188,043, Timaru £97,506, Oamaru £49,928, Dunedin £41,229, InvercargiU £239,600. The export of mutton was as follows:— Lyttelton £1144, Timaru £539, Wellington £17,994. Lyttelton exported potted meats to the value of £1627, and Dunedin to the value of £14,618. The return does not include the value of horses and forage shipped with the various contingents. The imports came mainly by parcels post, and were of the value of only £281. WEDNESDAY, JULY 30. In the Legislative Council to-day a lumber of bills were introduced. A motion was carried in favour of a travelling allowance being paid to railway servants equal tj the amount necessarily expended. In the House of Representatives today, after formal business and the introduction of new measures, the debate- was resumed on the Loan Bill, and continued throughout the evening. Messrs James Allen and J. A. Millar were pronounced in their warnings against th.j extensive borrowing proposals of the Government. FINANCIAL CRITICISM. The two best speeches on the Loan Bill to-day were those of Mr James Allen and Mr Millar. Speaking from opposite sides of tbe House, both these members put before the House a very strong condemnation of the- financial policy of the Government. I Imvo already telegraphed Mr Allen's remarks ; on the subject of power to borrow. Mr Millar in his speech showed that our surpluses were gradually reaching a vanishing point Ho added that an increane of £107,000 was likely in our permanent chargo-s ■ next year, and at this rate with a falling rewnuo we could not go on borrowing as ' we were without \ cry soon increasing the taxation The taxation now amounted to ' £4 2es Gci per liea/1, ami there \w ro local rates amounting to £1 1-, 7<l poi head. 'l lds mado a total of £5 4S4 S Id, ami he did not think we could go \ery inuih further without f-omc trouble in Mime shape or form. Mr Millar advocated the cutting down of 1 the proposed loan to one million and tho I concentration of work on rr,:un linos. At the I pamo time he urged that w^ should not und>r the circumstances go in for l eductions and luxuries m connection with mn opt n j line*. As a matter of fact, he said, we had i been making these reductions by the aid of borrowed money. Tiie useis of tho iuilways had no nglit to the.-f rcdu< tioin uln'st the lines were not fully equipped THURSDAY, JULY 31 In the Lei>ifllatue Council ro day a bill dealing with tied houses ami another intended to prevent the payment of -ecret commisi-ioiis by chemists were read a fir-t timf>. The New Zealand Unneroity, Land Transfer Act Amendment, and Habeas Corpus Act Extension Bills were read a second time. In the House of Represci>taii\c- to > day, after a little prolimir.aiy bxwne-w. Uir> debate on the second reading of the Loan Bill was continued throughout the afternoon and evening, and ie to be resumed again thi3 afternoon. The criticism of members induced two Ministers to make speeches during yesterday. EXPENDITURE OF ROAD GRANTS. ii. At Miuii e£ ihft. Krofog of oou,us2
members held yesterday, when it was desired to approach the Government and impress upon them the necessity of making road grants available as soon as possible after they are appropriated in order that the money may be spent at the proper season of the year, a deputation, comprising Messrs J. W. Thomson, W. H. Herriea, J. O'Meara, and W. Field, waited upon the Acting-Premier and Minister of Lands, and a?ked them to give effect to the wishes of the meeting. Both Ministers expressed sj mpathy with the object indicated, and 6aid that the Government would use its best endeavours to spend the money voted as far as ways and means allowed. They also promised that as far as possible authority would be given to local bodies to proceed with the works at the earliest possible time.
KINDERGARTEN WORK
Mrs R. Reynolds and 18 others recently asked for a pound for pound subsidy for the maintenance of the perfectly-equipped kindergartens in the colony. The Petitions Committee reports that inasmuch as the public schools system of the colony provides for good instruction and exercises by the kindergarten system, it has no recommendation to make.
AMERICAN ROLLING STOCK
This evening Mr G. W. Russell strongly condemned the action of the Government in importing engines and railway carriages from America. He said we had not made an effort to meet our own requirements. He ■was not aware that one hour of overtime had been worked in the workshops, or that two shifts had been kept going in order to construct our own rolling stock. If two shifts had been worked we would have had thousands of artisans and mechanics pouring into the colony. The engines brought from America were too heavy for our lines. Seven of them were lying at Addington for weeks, covered with canvas, and workmen were busily employed on Sundays pulling up the tracks between Chriatchureh and Lyttelton and Christehuroh and Islington and putting down heavier metal to bear the increased weight. At Gamaru, when one of these engines ran into a siding, the track "spread." — (A Member: "Yes; and the driver got a, mark against his name for it.") Continuing, Mr Rusaell said that each of the carriages from America cost £196 more than they could have been built for in our own workshops. Yet within a year, one by one theae carriages had been taken into Addington to be torn to pieces and reconstructed on the New Zealand pattern.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 1
Tn the Legislative Council to-day a petition was presented praying for an inquiry into the liquidation of the Colonial Bank. The New Zealand University Council Bill was committed, and after some amendments had been made progress, was reported. The Property Law Amendment Bill was passed.
In the House of Representatives to-day a slight discussion took place on Mr Ella request for leave to introduce a bill to provide for an elective Legislative Council, after which the debate on the Loan Bill was continued. It came to an end before the dinner adjournment, but Sir J. G. Ward elected to reply in the evening, and, having done 60, the bill was put through the committee stage. The following is the division list: —
For the Amendment (15).- — Me3srs J. Allen, Atkinson, Collins, Ell, Hardy, Laureneon, Massey, M'Guirc, M'Lachlan, Meredith, G. W. Russell, Pirani, W. It. Russell, Tanner, J. W. Thomson. Against the Amendmiiit (41).— Messrs E. G. Allen, Arnold, Barclay, Bennet, Buddo, Camcross, Carroll, Colvin, Duncan, Field, Fisher, A. L. D. Fraeer, W. Fr*ser, Gilfedder, Graham, Hall-Jones, Haselden, Harries, Hogg, Hornsby, Houston, Lang, Lawry, Lethbridge, M'Gowan, R. M'Kenzie, M'Nab, Mills, Napier, O'Meara, Pfiiiner, Sidey, E M. Smith, O. J. Smith, Stevens, Steward, Synie3, R. Thompson, Ward, Wiiford, Witheforcl.
Mr Hutcheson
Against Mr
Pairs.— For- Mr Hutcheson. Against Mr Hanan. In the course of a discussion on subsections of clause 2, Sir J. G. WARD stated, in reply to a question by Sir Wm. Russell, that personally he was in favour ot limiting the currency of Irans to 21 years, and that he looked forward in tho near future to being able to obtain money at Home at $ per cent, at par.— Olau3o 2 was •eventually ajrreed to without amendment. The remaining clauses passed without amendment. 'J he schedule was then considered. Mr WILFORD moved the excision of the Blcnhoim-Waipara line.— The Hon. Mr HALL-JONES hoped tho committee would not alter tho schedule. If the committee desirod to strike out any items the propor time to do so would be when tho PublicWorks Estimates were under consideration. The ccliodulo «f this hill did not affeot the position, as it did not vote any particular sum. Tho amendment was lo^t on the voiri s. The remaining items in the ?chr<lulp were agreed to without discus.-iion, and the biil was repotted without amendment. The third loading v, as fixed for Wednes day nP\t. JOTTINGS. The Otago University Empowering Bill lio- been runsuk-red by th& Local Bilk Committee, who lecommcnd that it bo allowed tn nrrctod amendment. i
" [ am told that I am m a hotting mood thii fusion. Well, I'll bet the lion gen tlcman two bottles of ginger beer that I am ri^ht," was the challenge hurled across the Chamber this evening by Mr George Fisher at Mr Atkinson, uho .„ veil known for hi« prohibition leaning's.
''All this talk about the dear old Motherland i-- all rubbish. It is fa?t becoming the
dear old 'Uncleland.' " sarcastically remarked Mr Hutcheson, when discussing the Government proposals to go on the London market once more. Thomas Caradock Kerry and Eric Johq Husey Freke, who were tried in connection with the wreck of the Ariadne, are petitioning Parliament for compensation.
nation, 20*; acceptance, 20a. Six furlongs.
SECOND DAY— THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER. 4,
Jk 12.46 p.nt— SFBI2J& HURDLES (handicap), of 50sovs; second, horse osovs from the stake. Nomination!, 20s-; acceptance, 20s. One mile and a-half, over six flights of hurdles. g* 1.25 ,p.m.— STEWARDS' WELTER (handicap), of 49sovs; second horse ssovs from
the stake. Nomination, 2Os; acceptance, 16». One mile. t, 2.15 p.m.— RHODES MEMORIAL (handicap), of lOOsovs; second Lorse 10sov9 from the stake. Nomination, 20b; accept- _ ance, 40s. • On& mile. gt. 2.55 p.m.— TALLY-HO STEEPLECHASE (handicap), of 35sovs; second horse ssovs from the stake. For qualified hunters. Gentlemen riders allowed 7lb. Nomination, 20s; acceptance, 10s. About two miles. 3.35 p.m.— SEADOWN TROT, of 30sovs ; second horse ssovs from the stake. Saddle or harness optional. Nomination, 20s; acceptance, ss. One mile and a-half. $. 4.10 p.m.— HACK RACE, of 20sovs; second }■• horse 3sovb from, the stake. No weight • under 8.0, and any overweight to be de- * clared. For horses that have never wen |- Vn advertised race of more than lOaovs. Y. Entrance 159, to be made immediately aiter \;~ the Tally-ho Steeplechase (No. 4). Five furlongs. 9j 4.50 pjn.— FAREWELL HANDICAP, of % 40aoT»; second horse ssovs from the stake. =A, Nomination, 20s. Handicaps will be dej*?.j"'e!«rsd at. 4 p.m. Acceptance, 10s r close ••#'4:20.; Six furlong». JiOTiilK&.'n.CfSsyiK all events (hack races. f <qKeeptsd)i nruat be in the hands of the Secre(£a*y,. Timarc r with- entranc* mosey, deseripjtioa, ag«, name and pedigree of horse, on or (before WEPWESPAY, August 13, at 9 p.m. g WBIGrHTS for FTxst Day'te Handicaps will appear on MONDAY, August 18. I ACCEPTANCES for First Day's Handicaps "close on SATtfBDAif, Auguat 30, at 9 p.m. El WEIGHTS for Second Day> Handicaps at iB p.m.; ACEPTANCES by 10 p.m. WEDNESDAY, S-eptember 3. (Evening of First l-IHy's B»ces.) I f Wiimer of any race aftar declaration, of (Weight* may be re-handicapped. tl 'Investments for Totalisator will be received .under the usual conditions up to half on hour 'before each race.
All races run under N.Z. Rules of Racing, Trots iinder N.Z. Trotting Association Rules. ! Qualified Hunters' Certificates must be produced at scale.
.Totaliaator dividends will be paid on first «nd second horses in races in which six or more horses in separata interests start. GORDON P. WOOD, Secretary, Timaru.
Submitted and approved.— W. H. WANKL.YN, Secretary Canterbury Jockey Club, July 28, 1902. *■ 6su
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Otago Witness, Issue 2525, 6 August 1902, Page 45
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