PARLIAMENTARY.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XXIX, Issue 11220, 18 June 1886, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY.

HOUSK OF REPRESENTATIVES. (PER UNITED PKESS ASSOOfATION.) Wellington, June 16. The House resumed at 7.50 p.m. LOANS TO PUBLIC BODIES. Sir Julius Vogol moved the second reading of tha Government Loans to Local Bodies Bill, briefly explaining that it was designed to enable looal bodies to obstruct oertain Publio Works and to empower the Government to grant them loans for such purposes. — Major Atkinson slid the only difference between this and Roada and Bridges Construction Act, was that it enabled these bodies to get money at a lower rate of interest, spread over a long period. He wanted to know how the Goverment were going to daal with main roads to open up the country, a point not touched in this bill. He also pointed out that those bodies who had used the repealed Act wouid bo placed in an unfair position, as they had to pay 9 percent, for borrowed money, while loans could be raised under the bill at 3 per cent, Eeferring to tha clause, allowing public schools to be built out of loans, be oomplaiued that the Treasurer had not told them how such buildings generally were to be provided in the future. — Mr Mess said the bill was a measure to enable local bodies to ruu more easily into debt. Their debentures would certainly be unnegotiable.—Mr Fergus thought the goldfields and small districts would fare badly under the bill. — Mr W. C, Buchanan supported the measure, which he considered a laudable attempt to deal with thewants of local bodies. -Mr Hursfchou33 pointed out that the goldfields got a larga revenue under the Crown and Native Lands Bating Act. He gave his unqualified approval to the bill. — Messrs Keddon and Kerr supported the bill ; tho former mentioning some slight objections he had to it. — Mr Rolleston j did not think the bill satisfactory, but it was all they would^ get. —Mr Guineas approved of the bill, % with some amendj rnents. — Mr Montgomery held that main roads should be macademised before settling the land, and it would have to be done out of the consolidated fund. The bill was one of the best they had had for a long time, for the reason that it brought the people face to face with taxation. — Mr Macarthur thought the bill a distinct advance towards the solution of local finance. — Mr Smith cordially supported the bill. — Sir Julius Yogel, in reply, said it was a mistake to suppose this measure had been copied from the Roads and Bridges Act. Some of thq objections he thought might be arranged regarding schools. *Phere were districts which could not provide for themselves, and this bill opened the road for them to do so. He renewed the arguments against the bill, sajing the Government did not propose to stop expenditure on roads in the poorer districts, and the goldfields . were well provided for under another Act. The bill was read a second time on the voices. June 17. The House met at 2.30 p m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Replying to questions, it was stated r tlsat' arrangements would be made for providing extra railway accotumoda* tion for passengers on the NapierWood ville line- —That Dr Day, although be had severed his connection with the Kuuiara Hospital, did attend a patient named Pater Smith, at the Hospital. There was no rider attached to the inquest on Smith. THE QUERN'S JUBILEE. Mr Macandrow brought up the report o? the Joint Gomuiittee containing the addrees to Her Majesty the Queen, on the occasion of Her Jubilee. He pointed out that there was no part of Her Majetsy's Dominion in whioh a stronger feejiu;* of loyalty was displayed than in So'iv Zealaad. *.€c referred in eloquent terms to the beneficent reign of tho present Queen, and said the world was now probably on the eva of a great change ; but ha hoped, whatever else passed away, that wherever the British fiig was uaf urled, the same sentiment of loyalty to Her Majesty would continue. — Sir d. Stout seconded the adoption of the report, la doing so, ho said there was probably no ot er Sovereign iv whose reign so ranch real liberty had been enjoyed as in the reign of Queen Victoria. So also said thit our present Queen had always maintained strict impartiality between the two politiual parties &t Home, and pointed out that her high personal character had endeared Hei' Majesty to nil her subjeet3. In all her doings the Queen had shown herself a true woman, with proper kindly feelings and syinpa~ thies. — Mr Macandrew then moved, Phac the eubstauce of the address, with the signatures of members of both 'Houses, be cabled Home to Her Majesty.—Agreed to. NEW BILLS. Sir Eobert Stout introduced the Hospital and Charitable .Aid Act Amend. meutßil 1 . Major Atkinson introduced the Opunake Harbour B^ard Bill. SECOND READINGS. The Wyndhani Bhow Ground Reserves Act Amendment Bill, the Hakataramea Racecourse iieserve Bill, aud the Wanq;anui Harbour Bill were read a second time. Itf COAIiIITTEB. The House went into (Jommittee on the One Tree Hill Reserves Bill. — Mr Pflacook opposed the bill, and moved, That the Chairman leave the chair, whioh was lost by 32 to 21. -The I Speaker (Sir Maurico O'Korke), who was in cbarge of the bill, made a lengthy explanation of its purport. — Messrs Dar, gaville and Hobbs also opposed the bill. —Mr Dargaviljo moved to report progros?. The debate was interrupted by the 5.30 adjournment.