PARLIAMENTARY.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1890, 13 August 1874, Page 3

PARLIAMENTARY.

''.'■■■■■ ■. : r ; •• ! ;1.".-l i . '; ; .(. ■ —i.- - •• ■ -'' : (Per ADgio-Außtralinii-Telcgra'plx Press''A'.-e'iicy.)j c ;■ "'*"■',' LKisLAJimcbimciLr j: ? :■ WELiTNQTOJTj.WedDesdiiy,'7.so p.m. i ; I !'.'.,; jaolion bys e .HopvColoriei'.Brett :'; Affirming the desirability of establishing a t Central ;• Asylum' for the;deaf,dumb, and 1 blind was carriedluha'uunously.' ;r . ' ! :'- OTAGO WASTE LANDS;ACT AMENIiMEN.T BILL -, '•'; There'wns a ■ long' debate on the seco:itf , '; reading 6f ; the,otago,Waste Lands Act : Amendment Acfc,.moved by tho Hon. Air. Menzies. '■'■■■'; -•' ■■- ■■■■- ' The lion. Captain Friiser' Warmly ; ' seconded the motion, which was.opposecL . : by the Hon. Mr Campbell, hisprineiplo objection being to the deferred payment i 'principle'.,". He .."moved-! an,, amendment ! that the bill |be ; read a second time that ' ■ day six months; : ' - r - ! ( : ,Tlie Hod. Col.' Brett'denounced the ; deferred,;payment system as a curse to the eolony. ■:■- \>. '■ The Hon; Mr. ; Holrae3 concurred in these views; Ho took' ; exception to the : administration of the land laws."; I The Hon.. Mr ; J?atlerson supported the motion. .He thought the bill might be \ amended m committee. / : '■.. ■ The Hon. Captain Eraser "would like to . see an Otago land..bill, ,with only two ■ clauses; ;one, repealing-"all ■ forinervlarid laws of' thei province 1 and'the other adopt' :, ing those of Canterbury. j. ! The Hon. Mr Waterhouso; supported ; ' the motion,' observing that they ought to ; $o all, t hey "'possibly , could to; settle the thousands of. immigrants; who were arriv-' • ing on land, and, that could only be done' : ' by adopting a system; 1 of selling lon;'deferred payments. : ;• , ■ iJIBPIiESENTATipS; \ ii -WELiiNGToy, Wednesday, 7.4>5-p.m., ;',' r t*. ::; 'v J •'•■':;'.abolition of' koviNCEs; • ': ''. :; 'Tho Premier.made.a.siatenjent ; .in re- ';': ferehce to tho 'abolition."resolutions.:''" He: - said various qpinipus had! been circulated■ T: as to the" importance .the Government" =,these:-resolutions; s but he /hoped members would':notlcome.io any ' •?, conclusion till they heard, the arguments, V; : in the resolutions'he : .would lay .'before : the°! House : to-morrow afternoon. They proposed to.'go on with the. ordinary. ; i business on Friday, and ask for an adjournment till Monday, which day ■■ ; they -proposed, to- devote specially to debate on tho' resolutions. On _ ;aiormer : "occasion the Government eon'eluded that an' organic change in ■the. Government of the North Island :was ; . necessary," but had ndt made, up their minds as, to whether'they would bring v . : ,!dpwn.resolutions this session./Jliey bad '.since decided to' do so. '. There'could be ~ no constitutional objection to the .change .-.■.'■ being.imadejn the last session of the Asy> ge'mbly, and so avoid .tho necessity of having an election; an! in,the meanwhile •; thatwouldbemerelycarryingioutwhat they - -. initiated and agreed' to do' this session. k "'lt could not be held that their proceed- : ' ;: in'gs'w6uld : be < em : asculated : two'years out. ;.; of five.during'whicli the Parliament ;sat. .;, Going 6b withmaiter this session afforded "„ i'an.oppoftunity for continuing during the: ■ .last session..,. The essen--tially: Government , resolfitipns, t upon . .which; ; stakedtlier. ; posi- -■ tion.f-it/must be distinctly:understood ■ : tbefswere not brought downi for the mere 'purpose of fancy debate. ;:The,Government: would endeavour to give effect to •the resolutions, but if the House aM-the ■ country decided against making (he change /the 'Government of the counlry must ',' pass into, the hands of those holding oppb-'< .;-.'. site views."(Hear.) Ho sawno necessity : .ses.sion beyond next <[ week'or' tho early part "of the follow- ,: ing; " He had 'heard, of threats, jof -'prolonging the, session, but he treated i ff them asidle. He did not think menibep. ~s, of the House would do more than state : :t their views,. without: any;desire to sessiou|uhhecessarilyr In' Vi prd.erLtpJlighteh.thp^ork.;cjf : ,tbo session &!to 4;:: :^ed|d; ;^tl|'b'e|b'^ytß ''mWM? XQSplutiQ&s

would receive unbiassed, unprejudiced support from members. _ Mr J. E. Brown asked if the resolutions were'to be considered altogether. The Premier:.We shall press the resolutions as a whole. Mr Brown, sotto voce: "Then you go OUt."': .•'<'■• ''".;;'. ,' .;.'/■; ' ■ '. " ,VOi,ONTEEB INSPECTOR'S BE'fOHT., j • In reply to ;Mr {Steward Mr D. Me! ean, K.0.M.G., said the Government had-th'e .first portion of: the report of the Inspector of Volunteers,' 1 and' as soon as thoy had the remainder they would'bring up the annual report of the Inspector of Volunteers. ' . . , ;..-■.._■.;;■■. ; 3 11/Lg .'- ■ . ; , The following bills were introduced and read a.first time,:—fioads and other pub' lie works'; advances, to provinces for public, works: construction.; and purchase of rail ways. The second. ; reading of the Goidfields Act Amendment No, 3 Bill was introduced.. : ; '.. : . .■... . ■. ; I . BOAD TO TAUBANGA. Mr o.O'Neill asked.. whether the Government intended to proceed immediately ;. with the construction of-"roads between the Thames and : Tauranga ; and between Tauranga and' Cambridge. j ; i Mr; Richardson■ said as to : the first question, they proposed to complete the survey and endeavor to make the road passable,.but it was not anticipated that anything more would,be done this session. ~. The Government intendodvto complete the road between Tnuranga and Cambridge as soon as possible. I ; i,-'r :.h.'- ■ :;: Wednesday, 10 a.m. ! IJIMI9HATIONAND PUBLIC WORKS ACT. ' , .At the evening sitting of tho House, tho Premier moved the second reading of the Immigration/and Public Works. Act, ' to give authority to. borrow four .millions, and niado; a statement regarding past loans, their application, how the prospective expenditure was apportioned amongst the various large undertakings hi hand, and tlie indebtedness of the colony. He said when 'the four million : loan, ; was raised the .total indebtedness; would be ten, millions, of. which, six and a-lialf millions had been voted for. railway purposes, one and a-ha!f million for immigration purposes, £460,000 for' North. Islaud.roads, £350,000 for waterworks on £700,000 for land'•purchases, and £490,000 for telegraph extension, and other, public works. Although a.vr-ry large balance of loans already-authorised had not been raised, and though tlili-wants of the .country were not immediately ueccssitus; the ■.Government... thought 'it ■desirable, for prudential reasons, to secure the couutry agaiust losses which might arise from depresiions or the damaging fluctuations to. which, the money market was liable-from various causes; ■'-■ ■'■'■■ : ' Messrs Fitzheibert,and,.T. B.'.Gillies criticised'thel details..of the bill-in a hostile spirit, though admitting that in principle 'the bill was a^prudent'measure: ;'; ~.Mr..Eeevcs:' thought . the; • bill gave peculiar and novel powers"tlfafc might be dangerous, and hoped' jt wb'uTd, not. be pressed through that night.. : ,,., : Messrs J. 15. Brown; Cutlibertson and the ''Premier'; defended thei':'. measure' as being merely a repeiitiou of previous legislation, and/as prudent and necessary. In deference' to the wishes of the minority the, committal was deferred' till next sitting. ; 1 LICENSING BlLL.''..' ."\ .'; '..: The Licensing Bill kept the House busyuntill 3.30 a.m4'when it. was reported with amendments. Most of those proposed by Mr Fox were rejected or voluntarily withdrawn as not likely to pass, such, as those in relation to barmaids, -licensing clubs, aud making tho street front of'public houses of open plaiu glass.. ■. ....- The Premier withdrew the amending clause to facilitate the obtaining of licenses. .