NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 2336, 28 August 1875, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT.

lIOUSK OF HEPBESENTATIVUS.

Tfl>pAi', August 24.— 31r. O'Neill presented a petition from the Thames, tigtied by fifteen hundred mime?, prayiDg that public-houses be cloeed ou Huudays. Au exteusiou of time has been grnoted to the Piiblii: Accounts Committee to bring up its report. Tho abolition debate wsis resumed by 3lr. Bucklaud, who s<poke ttron^ly iv favour of thu bill, though he tuul he ha>l never beeu a supporter of the principle before.

3lr. Macuudrew followed against the bill, aud hoped that it would not jgo beyoud tbo second readiug.

Mr,> /Brycr .replied to Mr. ilacondrevr's argument?, anil .defended ilie bilL He «iid thut it would be impossible to make a perfect nivtsurc this cessioo; as the P/ovincialuts' would not co-operate to do so. The Hottee adjourned.a t 630, ■ to. resume agaiu at 7.30 p.m. On resuming, Mr. Bunny re-opened the deboto on Abolition. His remarks were pretty ,niuch, th« »»me as hia reccut &pceqh iv iho \y"(iiritfttpa. Ho objected to the measure going beyoud Uic second reading. ' !

Mr. J. Shepherd eupportedtbe Bill, though he hoped coufcideruble nltcrations would bo made iv .committee whereby less money would be given' to towns aud more to country districts.

After a lon^ pause, and cries of "divide," Mr. Uignau moved "That the Bill be read a second time that day six month's." Sir Donald McLean said that Government would resist the atnendmeut.

Mr. Kheehau then 'opjwsed the' Dill, and eaid that the resolutions paiaed lost fce>siou were owing to the influence of the Bauk of New Zealand, which was cuttodiua of the Government conscience — 3ti institution which not only negotiated thi Ooverameat Bills but drew them up. " ' • Mr. W. Johnston moved the adjournment of the debate at 12.30. " ■

Wi:d.nxsda'V, August 25.— The House was oceojrfcd thi* aftcrnoou with geueral busiue«!. Ministers; ip-rcpl/ to a questioa from Mr. llollestou, said the Government hoped to come to a satisfactory arrangement with tho judges as to tlujir removal iroin place to place. Siir G. Grey moved that suitable buildings be erected for the library of the Assembly. Oa {he auggestioa of ,4tr. fitafford, it was arranged that a Comouisioa should be aj> pointed during the recess to devise the best means for securing the safety ©f the library, patent's and plans in the public Works Office. • Sir George Grey' moved for return giving uauie* of all Duropeans from whom, laods or claims to lands .have- been purchased. He said that although he understood a return had Already been famished, he had never been anything which ma/ie clear to, Jiiin ho>»eo large a sum of money ii&d been disbursed.

31 r. Kolleaton said , subject required grave consideration, for it appeared to him that a very large sum which ought to have b«eu spent ou public works or immigration had been spent, ju .jaegptiatioag , reg;»rriiog certain oatrvt land)'' ''b'ouieof the transactions had been >»i^b a jnpmfcr of- the House, nud he thought, though not actually in violation of law, were contrary to the tpirit ot our institutions. T • f ,'f ', l "'." '. Mr. Bucklaud said lie Kad evidently beeu j-eferred to by, tho previous epcttkiir, iod asked to make a personal explanation. Some years ago ho hud leased 20.U00- acres from natives for Koo a. year, and fiulftcqueotly handed tho whole to the Goverumeut oa their paying his excuses. Ho had porcliosed two otlier blocks, whicli he had also Imuded over to the Government without luaiJug any prolit ou them. The Native Miuktor said. Government hod only acted iv accordance with the wish of the House iv acquiring lauds wjiicii were absolutely essential for the welfare of thu Xorth Island, aud that they had fouud Europeans haviug claims uot perhaps always legal so much as equitable, and they bad to settle such claims iv a fair spirit. They had always driven iw bard bargains as possible. The House odjouruetl at 5.30.

Ujxhi the House resutniujj at 7.U0 p.m., tho debate raised iv the afteruoou upou I'iako owauip purchase wtxs uot continued, the House t;oing to orders of the day, which counted solely of private butioess.

Jlr. O'^Teil's I'iaus of Towns Ilegulatioa Bill was passed- The opentiou of the Bill is confined to towns laid out* in public lauds.

2lr. T. L.JShephcrd'6 .Pollution of streams Bill passed. ' Iv consequence of a number of Bills bciog introduced for the incorporation ol titb-coimims, Government promised to the introduction of a general measure. . . Considerable discussion took place when Sir. T. Kelly was putting- the Tnrsnaki Waste Lands Bill through committed > - -

A good deal of objectiou was taken to the clause euabliiM the .Boipl jto'nMsrve Jand for education, but it al^o (yunU defei^den, aud at length parsed. * ' ' ' A uevr el^u^e wns introduced instead of one of Binijlar Jiaiuxe,,whicJi,was stxuck out. The nor clause caablKs' the Board to lease or sell land of special value for iaduktrial purjK)scs, in lots of uot more than live hundred acres iv each ease; uo lease to be giveu ior more than 13 1 year?. ' Rcot not to ba lvs» than tixpeiico per acre ; m>r pric« if jwIU lav than £1 per acre. A penalty is imposed if the object for whicli laud ha* becu obtutued be not carried out. The Bill was passed. TuuKSDAlvAugust 20.— The House met at 2.30 p.m. Mr. Stout, the iievy juembw for t'^verjs'.iaui, took his <>iith aud seat - . , ! The Abolition debate was resumed by ilr. ! Walter Johnston, who made an exceedingly taluog speech iv support of the Bill. He reviewed a number ox the chief points in the speech of the Superintendent of Weiliugtou, and cited several instances of uial^luiiaiktratiou of Provincial Goverumeut it» Welliogtou. j He also gave considerable )*t:itktieal ioformjttioti Icoui the iYovinoial piv^xliuws to chow that there were iuhereut defects iv .Provincial machinery that re«|uired remedying, aud said that tho out districts of Wellington had fcubstauciul ground of compiaiut agniust the Province, lie criticised very favourably the lioaucml proposals of ihn Treasurer, as slionru iv the- Bill, saying be uavr no great ditlioulty opposed to the fuliilmeut of the progrees thc.iiu. Air. Bnulsliavr followed io a critical speech iv defence of the Bill. lUi aaitl he would support the second reading, uud theu «udeuvour to aiueud the Bill in Committee. Ju any ease, ho should oppowj the final pacing of the Bill through the House. He had always been in favour of a change, but ho could not agree with tho niodo pro[x>se>l, and. Nvithcd the matter submitted to the t>coj>le. He defended at ccwibiderable Jfiijrth Provincial administration generally, nud OUigo in particular, and showed that the Ucneral Goverumeut was fur from perfect. The Houie ro.-e at 3.. W.