PARLIAMENTARY.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2953, 12 September 1882, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

'i » !' ( j^-! 1 t ‘ I LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

;; ' Wellington, Sept; 11. | The Council mot at 11 a.m.. ■ \ : bxlls passed; -

■The following Bills were read a third; time and passed I‘, Gisborne; Harhpr, Bbard, Ashburton ■ Racecpprse, Fencing A,fct 1381 Amendment, Municipal Corporations Act 1876 Amendment, , and Pprtbbello Road Board Enabling, ffhe .following '’Bills were read ' a sepond timeOetaeteries, Education Districts, and Rhodes’ Estate Duty. ;

| ■ ' ri ( LAND' BILL. ■■ Sir . Gr. Whitmore moved that the Council insist on the amendments made in the Land Bill, which was carried.

RANGIPO AND MUEIOMUTU BILL. ■ " The Hon. Mr Whitaker moved the second reading of the Rangipo and' Muriomututu Agreement Validation Bill. ; Mr Reynolds moved it bo rend, this' day six months, as it' had only been introduced a few hours. After some discussion the , Council divided on the eecond_roMjS£^AlfifiA

THE PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT. ' The Hon., the Premier stated .’thatthe had ’just received certain information from, the, Government Printer which would detain Parliament until Friday jp,ight,,,owingt«.Bills. not being -printed. AMENDMENTS INSISTED ON. _ The Council (hen agreed; byT 4 to 12, to insist on amendments made in the > Special-powers and Contracts"Bill.'

The amendments made in the District Railways Bill by the Council were objected to; by the House of Representatives, as being a breach of privilege; and thereupon the Hon- Mr Oliver moved that the Conncil do not insist on the said amendments, but be subsequently withdrew it for the purpose of. appointing Messrs Bonar, Johnston "and Oliver to draw, up reasons why the Council should insist on the amendments. The Council adjourned at 4 p.m. until 7.30 p.m. The Council resumed at 7.30 p.m. . Sir G. Whitmore, announced that he regretted the Conference which: bad met to discuss the . amendments on the Land Bill could not agree. On his motion it was arranged that a further Conference meet;to-morrow at 10 a.m.. ! district railways bill. .. The Hon. Mr, Oliver brought up.tbe report of the Managers of the Conference on the amendments in, the District Railways Bill, the purport of which was that the Council, bad a precedent dm the Ashburton -Waterworks Act 1879, and insisted oh its amendment, ■; BILLS PASSED. ' The Council then wept into Committee oh the Cemeteries, Educational Districts, Rhodes’.Estate Duty, Rangipo and Muriomutu Agreement Validation, Taurahga East Coast and Hdt Lakes District Railway Company, Registration of Births, and Deaths Amendment, and Public Revenues Bill. They were all reported* read a third time and passed. . ! OAMARU HARBOR BILL. The Hon, Mr, Oliver .mpyed the second reading of the Oamaru Harbor Bill, ' which was reported 1 and passed through all its stages, with unimportant amendments.! ' Vi. adjournment. The Council rose at 9 p.m. till II a.m. To-morrow. , : ‘

HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES. The House met at.2 p.m. ■ ?t \ : . OAMABU HABBOB, BILL. ( t 4 i On the motion for going into Ooofmitteeion -the; Oamaru Harbor .Board Bill, Sir John Hall moved an amend* ment tbat they refuse to go into Com* mitteo. ‘ ; Mr Sheehan supported the Bill. ' He defended the {work .as on© of/colonial' importance. ~,•! , ! j.The motion was carried) and in Com-;' mittee the Bill, was amended, reported,.; and read'a third time‘and passed? The House rose at 4 p.m. to allow the joint Conference to sit. The House resumed at 7.30 p.m. ' 1■ ‘ 3? : the land bill. r i. '' s /,/. ! The Hon Mr Rollesfoh reported that the Managers appointed to conduct the conferences:between the two; Houses re the Land Bill had failed in arriving at h satisfactory solution,of the difficulty. The point upon < which they disagreed; was the clauseproviding thatthe. leaseholder might change bis tenure, into i that of a freehold. • That iwas appoint upon the managers'for this House . found they could not yield. They held '

that tho House had Established the.'; principle of leasehold in their future,. dealings with these lands, and that they'' wonld-mpt be . } justified-, i? /yielding the point. On the. other side a similar stand; was taken,, andi they con* sidered that in yielding the point they Would practically; be operating .in a different manner to the already • established principles 1 of agricul* tural leasing and deferred; payments. The arguments pntforward bn the Other side were based upon the fact that the . people had not; so far as the ' Council were aware, had an opportunity of formip g a j udgment as to the. effect or advisability of the proposed change in tenure. They therefore contended the step should not he taken,hastily or until the#: public had an ,opportnnity - for -formifig 5 theirjopinion, on the point.: After a long discussionthe Conference came to -i the oohclusioß -that'in f respect -to tho;;;goldfields, lands, and ; education resemsj 1 there was fno real i difference between ■ them; and u the Conference,yielded: t.o;’. theextent ofleasing them.’ The leasing . clause would therefore come into opera; . tioh pn the goldfields, and in regard). to the-j.edaoation Kresegves gfprthwithl, : It was ‘further .agreed that the/leasing r clauses elsewhere should not be out " out; hot that they should not come into operation l until {Parliament. had an opportunity for Bringing ib ! a Bill to repeal those clauses, if it -was' found '■ desirable so to do. In yielding so far, the Managers had been most anxious to , get the Bill placed on the Statute Boole, as they felt that a {great injustice WoUld otherwise be done to a large body;of n 'persons{located ;on the goldfields’. ‘ They iwere hopeful that' 1 a further effort would be made to renew ,the. Conference)«: question to an movement in that. directionjwopld have;;.; to be taken by the Council. He hoped ■itlje House: would agreTeitothe dsterminhf' itipn they had come to,-in reference to the postponement of the leasihgElauses l - -; outside the goldfields; : and in regard to the Education - reserves,;! rather than t sacrifice the measuto ’altogether.’ l .concluaion, he submitted for the opinion of the Speaker that, as this was a Bill setting ; aside land for sale it;;:wafl; virtually an appropriation *.,of money, and that, therefore the Council was not justified in makitig , the : alterations it had done.

jThe Speaker replied;tbdt it wbhld'not .1 he treated as a money Bill, and, in reply to: a further remark he said that the next step would have to come .from, the. Council. ! '. 1 ’ ’ ' A ; ' 1 EXPENDITURE-ON PARLIAMENT ' BUILD. •. .INGS. *• On theimotidn sof .thS Hon’Major Atkinson it was agreed that the Govern, taent should, during the recess, have charge, .of., Parliament . and- s,,' control the proposed,expenditure on the" renewal of the name;*”’ * I; ’’ • MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS ACT. V.

", The Municipal Corporations Act Amendment Bill wad 5 reported from the Upper House, with amendments, some of, which wore disagreed with, and . ■ Mah'agerlfbr a confe'fencd appointed. ' ! r i - V PROPBRtir'tax' bill. \' ■ *•<■ • ■

The Property Tax Bill was read a second time, and passed into Committee.'; ' Mr Bracken moved as an amendment i in clause 25 that improvements and holdings under the value of £SOO be excluded from the operations of the tax. 1; . Tbe ; Chairman ruled the amendment could not be received.

The Bill then passed through Committee, was reported without amend-■ ment, read a third time, and passed. ROADS AND BRIDGES CONSTRUCTION BILL. . The House wont into Committee on •the schedule of roads defined under the Roads aod Bridges Construction Act, 1882. The schedule was reported with amendments, which werer agroed^tgjind_£.

. DISTRICT railways bill. A free. Conference was demanded on the Council's amendments re the District Railways Act Amendment Bill. AMENDMENTS AGREED TO. The House agreed to the Council's amendments on the Oamarn Harbor liosn Bill. BILLS PASSED. On the motion of the Hon Major Atkinson, the Life Insurance Policies Bill was read a second time. It was afterwards passed through Committee, repotted and passed. • ■ The Licensing Bill was committed,,, reported and passed. ADJOURNMENT. The House rose at 1.30 a.m. until noon. . TffiTPAY. [By Telegraph.] Wellington, Sept. 12. The House met at noon, resolutions were reported from Committee of Supply. The Hon .'Mr Bryce moved that the item £55, removal of Native Land Court to Wellington from ‘ Auckland, be omitted. He said that item was virtually provided for by the vote oh the supplementary estimates for the establishment of a Native Lands Registrar’s district. He reiterated the statement made in committee when the item wns under, discussion as to the nature of the proposed change in the locality of the Native Land Court head office. Mr Sheehan said it would be most unfortunate to remove the Court from Auckland at this time. He proposed to add as an amendment to the motion for omitting £SOO vote, the following:— “ Inasmuch as the House does not view with favor the removal of the Native Land Court from Auckland to Wellington.” The Hon. Mr Whitaker advised the withdrawal of the amendment proposed. He concurred in the opinion that it was not desirable to give effect to the removal 1 It would be viewed with great distrust by the natives. Government had been warned of this, and. t still the Native Minister ■ was prepared to take the responsibility. Under these ciroum* stances be thought it would be better to leave him to the responsibilities he had undertaken, without seeking to hamper the Government with the amendment. , i Mr Sheehan said that in view of the fact that the amendment was not under the circumstances likely, [to be carried ho should do as suggested and withdraw it.

The motion for the reduction of the vote was put and carried.