New Zealand Parliamemnt

Colonist, Volume XXVI, Issue 3700, 3 September 1883, Page 3

New Zealand Parliamemnt

I [United Press Association,];, S WELLINGTON, 1• > ' : I a •;.,;.« ;r< * 'Septw»tW4k)iri i The House met At 2.30 p.m. ' „ » , }-- ;Mr l'yke gave notioe of motion for JT uwday^ Inext—'• That it is essential to the jrell being, iand good Govern men t of New ZealanS/ftnd/ | for the., preservation of tb# unity of thell 1 Colony, that'provision'should be made for the' establishment of one or i more Looal Goyeral;«enti in edi'oh Island, tvith power'to legislate |for, and to control the mangemenfc of local" jaffain, and thesxbenditure of local revenuw." < ,Mr Johnston moved in Committee for leaTe.' .to , introduce" the Sail way Construction 'Authorisation Bill. He,stated, that its object was to authorise the Government to construct >a railway from Ne t w Plymouth to the Harbor' Works, the Harbor Board having already paid over to the.Gov'ernnient £13,000, which was' 'the.estimated cost of the line 1. It waff also tar (formally authorise the construction of, the Oore-Kolso'line, for which the House last 'year had voted funtla. ' Messrs Seddon, Montgomery, and others strongly opposed the authorisation of the New Plymouth line, conteuding that the Harbor Board had no anthority to divert its funds from harbor works to railway purposes, and that the Government should not undertake any responsibility in connection with the matter. After a long debate Mr Seddon moved as an amendment that the title of the Bill be changed to the Gore-Kelao Railway Construction Bill. Mr Johnston accepted the amendment, and the title of the Bill was altered as proposed, and was read a first time. Major Atkinson said he would ask for the discharge of the Leaseholders Qualification Bill. The Roads and Bridges Construction Act Amendment Bill was further considered in Comuiittee. . : . Clause 4—Mr Shrimski moved that £5000 be struck out, and £1000 substituted. The Committee divided on the question that the words remain as printed. Ayes 51, Noes 2. , Debate interrupted by 5.30 adjournment. - The Legislative Council met at 2.80. : , " r Mr Oliver moved the second reading of the Land Act Amendment Bill The Bill was to place pastoral lands on the same footing as last year they had.put agricultural.lands. „; A long debate ensued, after which the second reading was carried on the casting ? voie of the Speaker, and the Council adjourned at 10.45pm, ' '■■■::■■:: The House resumed at 7.30 ptn, when the Roads and Bridges Construction, Act, 1882, Amendment Bill "was considered in Cpmittee. Eventually the Bill was reported with its amendments, read a third time and passed. On the motion of Major Atkinson, the Land Transfer Act 1870 Amendment Bill was read a second time, passed through Committee, and was reported without amendment, raad a third time, and passed. Mr' Dick moved that the Otago Harbor Board Bill be discharged. It had been bo badly, mutilated,. that it was rendered of no aVail.' ' ■; ; ■ .',.- ■> :■ ■.-..■ ■■.: ;>' . 'Mr Macandrew objected to tha .motion. The Harbor Board, ho said, had been a great failure.and it would be only propopatihg'the evil tq/keejj; the Board together another>year. He. moved,;, as an; amendment, the,report on the Bill be agreed to, , „.:>'■ •t Mr Shrimski agreed in the opinion that the Bill' Bhould' not be discharged : ■'lit was al measure of great importance to'the Jrovincialtristrict, oi Otago asja whole/ f The ;p,roposal to increase the harbor dues was doin" a great injury to the maratime.intereat of •the place, and driving the trade away to ; other ports. -; *■' 1 .Mr M.W. Green spoke against the motion for. the discharge of the Otago Board Bill till the' adjournment at 11.30 p.m., quoting copious extracts from ' Hansard,' and adding ai narrative of; Mr Macandrew's conduct in former years; his personal predilections, &c. During his speech at least half a dozen times a quorum had to be rung for. . - . On the Speaker leaving the. chair, an application was made'for an'hour' inatead "of half an hour's adjournment. ■■ '■ The Speaker he could not extend the, time as it. was now verging on Sunday morhing. ''■".''. , . .;. On'resuming'at 11 o'clock p.m., Mr Fish took up the debate; He professed his "disgust and abhorrence ■at the - obstructive course pursued by his new political opponent,. Mr Green, and appealed to'.his,Maker, in strong terms 'that Mr Green had' tinjustly slandered Mr "Macahdrew. He :(Mr' Green) "T?as a minister: of the Gospel and '• a idlloWer of Christ, yet he had stooped to; slander a fellow ;<crealure in broad daylight. .He felt for Mr Macandrew almost as he would have done for his father, and allthis was the fault of that ■wretched thing—slander upon hearsay. Mr Daniel had sat under Mr Greerv and heard him deliveri::g some stirring Gospel sermons,: and was edified by him as he helieved, but what Mr Green had said that night had caused him to lose all faith in him., Mr Green made a personal explanation, during which he protested, that ho had said •nothing derogatory to Mr Macandrew, amidst which he was greeted with cries of "No, not" Mr Daniel said that after the explanation by Mr Green it was time they all took a back •eati Question put that the Bill be now discharged. Ayes 13, Noes 42. • The Amendment was then put that the report be agreed to. Mr Barron asked to be allowed to move the previous.questiou. The Speaker ruled that this amendment ) could not be put. ■ '.. - On the question that the report he adopted a division was called for—Ayes 46, Noes 12; Mr M. W. Green said that in the face of this decision," and the avowal that members were determined to keep on through Sunday, he would not feel justified in offering further opposition. , -■„)■': ' "••"• Mr Fish felt muchinthe same position. He threw all the "blame on Mr Green for allowing the Bill to becdnle law,'; ai circumstance he professed his regret for. * • ; ; Amid some disorder,-Mr Bracken igot up, and said he would not be put down. He was not a religious man, still he wad determined to speak it out. 'He professed his respect for the Sabbath, and in token thereof he recited a poem on " Sunday." Mr Barron moved the adjournrn«nt of the debate amidst criaa of "Oh" aud uproar; |A division called for—Ayes 11, Noes 45. On the question being again put, Mr [ Baifron again rose, but the Speaker refused to ' allow him to sptak. In response to the challenge that the report be agreed 10, he (Mr Barron) alone gave bis voice with the Noes, and claimed that the Noes had it. ' ( A division was again called for~Ayes 39, Noes 7. The Speaker then announced that the question was carried without'allowing time fo^ remark. ■ „.-■:..'■'- *' > " '• \:. On toe question being pot th*t the Bill be

fire minutes'into JBniiday JmteniD# 1*iln the eatfy part of the nignTToTColonial Secretary promiila^theSfl proefiWngi tfoold * BtftW' carried faft Sunday morning. a-Mw^btdi kMiriisf«» now redeem thturßrp"*^.-? r., Tn , Mr PioktJenied that it pas a GfpTerome a*jBill t ,'A(gn«no» T* 011* %MJWff,#I?W Dune&ih ied W'By Mr 1 Macandrew; M"A' few? sections *agb he"( Mr' MaeandreW wotfld<net* ? remain'after: l^atraV, on', Sunday .iaorniilg.s He wished he would follow.that [plan, npir,T aqd'gpaway.,. The po^'on »«k«n!»P,TO was unfair and nnjart. The Board haf r 'eiViren 'U" da its beßt.1 and ■ho^d riot,na*e ;bean/.'vliedMi*i r lhi»i«ray;r-eip»eiallf: byp.Mrif ; Blacandrew/t , Hft-antered hit inoit ;empbatio v I protest, ' and ' told the Boom r it. bWi ignerionily xni»led>'' '.','' rl 1 'Mr fFieh charged the Canterbury memberi) iwith banding together, for, r the',purpote-of. |ad»aqoiqg Canterbttry .interesti .to nthe"pfe«^ ju'diceot',Otago. ,< -i - „.- '• r.^.i i ( Mr LeVestam'said, aijt.wa« now 12-30, he^ I Woved'thß adjournment"of tß!* dejJa^e." ! t The motion'for the third .reading wM then J 'putfahd c,»?ried oK'theToieet.: ,* :>\ "!•»!' a j On, the, question thatrthe Bill now- paw, Mr. Fish rose to reply to the remarks made by Mr t >Tff ight,' whom he' d^cribed as a al ppjitioal \ VeatHefcoek,' who was' always''putting W' fiogeri into.other" people'saffaiw.^ H'e'a»k«a ri 'them to lo.oK" at. Mr WrigbtVhead-apd;hUi paw, andjmj'ijf he..wa;g not a roan ,of".talent.',.. i 'The Speaker called him to brder^ .;' , «i j "After'Mr'Pish had made a Jfew mow re-t marks in the same strata, be sat cldwn. "lJ ' Mr ■ Wright' Teplied," Baying he icnderatood • members ..were returned te look s ptfterC the interests of the.Colony, and not after.iti Eoad Board interests. Ho went on to oritioise the Otago Board's balance-sheet, which he charged with being cooked, adding that when tuch was the oase it was time that the Board wa§ removed from office. Mr Fold wick maintained that a Canterbury . block Tote had been wceived against Otago. Mr O'Callaghan defended the Canterbury member's vote, and asked if it was because they were not found in the ranks of the miserable minority that they were to be blamed. He was called to order by the Speaker, and eat down. Mr J. C. Brown spoke from an Olago point of Tiew, and Mr Holmps in defence of the aotion of the Canterbury members. The latter amidst loud applause and uproar described Mr Macandrew as a Grant amidst a lot of Otagb pigmies sitting round him. That was why he and su many members of the \ Opposition adhered to him. ; Mr Bolleston appealed to membera to bring the.discussion, at.that hour of Sunday morning, to an end. s • , », » '■■ Mr Bracken tools; ah \ exception to "Mr 6'Cailaghan's remark, about' a miserable minority* it came ill from ona who; represented a small trifling constituency to speak in. that way about ,men who repreßented Dunedin, f the capital city of r New Zealand. r .', r ■ « Mr Macandrew regretted the turn Tnftttera had taken, and hoped at that hour of Sunday morning it would not be prolonged. ;; ' Mr Seddon was glad to see Canterbury and.. Otagb at each others throats.. The day was when they united hand in hand to deprive • the more sparsely populated districts of their representative rights. ■ The troubles of Parlia- •? ment emanated from O|ago. n ,;. ; ' ; ; Mr Harris felt ashamed at being there on» Sunday mdrhingi and.''was afraid that in going home they would be mistaken for a branch of the Salvation Army in-aioisteroua ■ state of devotional ezeroise amidst great uproar and disorder., ... f> , Several members 'essaying .to spe^k tufl,.. Speaker declared the Bill carried. ' - "; :^' ,5 House rose-at 12'5i> a.m. ;i! '*; ■ '*'•'*■