PARLIAMENTARY

Inangahua Times, Volume X, Issue 1600, 14 September 1885, Page 2

PARLIAMENTARY

. I Wellington, September 9. i Clause Bof the Special Powers and ■ Contracts Bill is as follews :— " Wit- :e ; as the Grey mouth High School Board | and the Commissioners ot' the Edin a- • tion District respectively, have p^sssd I a resolution to the euV-<;t tiiat it was ; dosuuble lhat the mon< ys now iv tiie , hands of the said boa id should, ]»«-nd- ! ing tlic «-st:*l»iishin».'iit of the Grey. niouth High Sehjol, lie appropriated ' ] towards milking provision for higher ! fdiu-utiou in the existing Greyiuouth ; District High School, it is desir- . able, to give effect to the foregoing resolution, »c. it there-fore enacted as ; follows: — Until the establishment of , ; thf- Gfi'Vinoulh High Schooi the Grevi mouth High School Bo.! rd shall have I power to devote such part of its rents, j ; p.otits, and annual income as it shall ; i see tit to the promotion ot secondary ! i t>duirat!t<!>, inehidiiig technical know j I ledge in mint r;U>gy in Greymoutli ; ! District High School, by paying, or , , '■ contributing towards tlii; p.iy;ue:»i of j ; sal:i:"\ or salaries of a e.tcher, nr ■ ; t '.ic'i'-rs, of fees fjr sc!i!)l.us, aid In : ! giving of pi'iz.-s. exhibi '.ions, and I '■ ffholarsliips for sv.cii District Hi^h ; | Sihool and srhnol hon^ 1 . I Tmo iiilj-tiK-M-d dobite in S'lp^ly <>v , ; Captain Kiisse.l's amou'liiH-nt was j . resumed this afternoon oy Mr I>:ieh- ! j annii, who supporLed the anr'iihn'.'nt j ■ M' 1 D:ir.4avill.->. win ("jUmwi-jI. oj»---pos:d ii; fro vi an i:ue;.3-Jy Auckland 1 i point of view. - ; Colonel Trimhlf snppoiffi it. < ■ Jlr Lance spoko in favor of the , ! motion, and expounded the views of ' Canti-rbury nieinoprs. who arc sup porting Captain liiiss^l). Tlimv had ■ in.;., he rsiiid a<tua into opposition. J Tiiey liad si-nply bHL'(»me cunveits to l a system of extreme economy, and i their teachers were North Isiand J members. Fiudin«» the House in i favor of economy, they (the Canter* | Imry members) wore determined that • : expenditure ou public works should ' j not l»e extravai»ant i | Mr Montgomery, whn sp.,ke later . on, strongly condemned the Governi mont, and sm 1 that even if tiny wont i out it would b« impossible to get a 1 ! Ministry with less SHlf.n>sofi-t. If ' i Government wnnM make it a party question he would support them, but us it. was he should support the amendment. • | Several other members spoke with' ' out sayiug anything worthy of re . trord. 10.30 p.m. 1 Captain' lie.Fa- ll's amen.lme:it was carried on the voices, and Mr O'C.illa- ■> «{liaii has just r.ioveii as an addifir..] to ! it thatnosiu'h reduction shall afi'-c any 1 pul>!ic works in the. nature of io:'«ds and bridges. The Govornnvnt are j quiet, and it is whispered they aie I <?>'i;»<» to re^iiii. That, however, is | we tliiiik not likely to lie trui . 10. The debate on the Supply amendments was continued tiil Ivilf past two this morning. s ir Julius Yo;;el, in the eonrse of a speech he mad.-, said the ; G'lvernnient would not make it a party question, although they would opjiost 1 all rednctinns. In fhe course of his speech he likeivd Captain Russell to an owner of pi^s whose charges would not go the right way. Subsequently the debate was adjourned on the motion of Suohie M'Kenzie. In the Housm this afternoon the business was uninteresting, it being a j private members' day. j The Auckland Harbor Board Bill was flMpllv passed, and The Wellington Harbor Board Bill was thrown out on the Second read- ! The House went, into Commitfeoon I t!i« Viiners Right Pee R.^luctiosi Bill, luit were unable to get through more than ovs or two clings. Conpi.lerable laughter ensued when Captain Hiissoll finished his remarks by saying that the amendment avis moved in a fiiendiy spirit to the G«>v, ermnenf, and in no way a party move. The Minister for Public woiks said the liabilities on the Ist of August last, were. £1,912.000, and it should be remembered mi'iy of tVse w*iv extended over a period of tw> or th?-e.'

vents. 'Hip expenditure for *!;« vi»ar it v i~. rt!iti«-i;»ntcJ woii'd r-^ne within a million and a q/nrN'r. IT the vote was reduced as S'l^PS*el it would iv.em a decrease in roads and public !>!iildin<rs. Considerable reductions nv.^ht b- m.ideir. the railway estimites on the various lines to about 4*400. 000 Reductions W'viM also Inve to be made in. various other votes, w-iijli he pointed out would l<e very (lisas* trons. He failed t^ understand the pesition of the hoh. member, and said ho thought Government must take such a motion as this as a hostile one. The Premier «=\id ifthehnn. member mi'H'it that Government was to take back its estimates, then h<» wonM say plainly they would not do it, bnt if the House wished to instruct the coramitee to rediv the estimates, of course the committee would be at liberty to alter the estimates. It the motion was carried it would rn^an a reduction in the expenditure on special linos of railway, and it won'd also me:w t h:\f-. the new Cnstom House at Aivklanri arid tlu Government Prinf. v.-s Office at Wellington wonld have to be delayed. Mr Macaudrev's Amendment was tliei put as a substantive motion, a id was lost on thp voices Kns'virs amendment then became the moti'tn. On its Keinjj pnt M* Moss moved as a further amendment thut departmental estimates having b^ei passed there sliould be no ret duction in the vntf-s of this session for work* in progress, hut that Govern ment during th« n-cess should try to , reduce the rxpenditnre. Mr Russell-! motinM, he said, had taken the Hous > | by surprise, and if carried would causa | depression and tiu<»'.v nurabfi-s onf of ' employnienf, und slop further erectioa : of school lmildiii^s. 1 Mr Syddou s-\o!ided Mr Moss'h amendment, reserving 1 1 is right to speak later on the debate. 1 Waki-fij-ld, Holmi's, Thomson nni R^id spoke in favor of Uusswli'sameulineT aad T;ir:ib r i! a#»in«t if. Tije House ."djonnnd nt 2 a.tn. witlioni iKivin^ci'iii'? toai j ronchision. Plai-i!y put the II nise is now deba 1:---intr ihe fifth Xo-Coiiideiue motion th;* session. The Cuiterbmy, Nelso i and t v-t> Westland ine.n''HM-s are supportiu* Russell's amenJiieiit, and a niove s mad*! in the intci< of the Eist and West Coast Hail way. The jtfMi-iv.l opinion is thai the movo will fail. RnsseU'sameiidnii-nt may \v carried ; JiOveiviiUJMt may resigu — jj this tllcto is nocertaii^y. In the Council yesterday tho Hons. R<y,io!ds, Mil!*r r.inl .Monzies were :ii»|>oi!i(e.l t:) . ivpi.sent the Council at tii« f coiiUtence. on the Redaction "f Miners Rights and Business Licenses. Wellington, Thursday night. The Insp.Ttor Ge»i;«i-al of Sohoo's has presented his auu>;al report on t!ie second iry soli.'ols of the colony. He Ivtos very little occasion for any Ktiverse criticism o:i t:ie conduct of thn several institu'.:o.is h.* has mspocied. Ti;e loi*al auiho.-kie.s generally ex'-r-i-u :i very lurefnl sn^-rvisiou of ihe atLiis of tliK sv-houi.s. and liuve enmnted the I charge of them to v«ry competent p-in- ! cipals who, in their turn, efficient !y ! claei-t and inspect the work of the.r 1 subordinates, and as a rule the subjects ' of in>tiUcLiou are properly ailapteil tv i the wan'.s of the pnpis. The instrui>» | tion ifi these sabjeccs is adeq vac tz ' tiie piijuis' requirements, tli« distn- : butiou of tlic school time as amon^ : tiie sevoitil sulijects in judicious, an I j the hours pre>cii>»ed in the time tallies ! arc punctually observed. Farther, in most of thf schools there is a:i alacrity of movement that may be taken to indicate haUiUta! energy on tiie part of the teacheis, and habitual attention tJ | their work o-i Uie part of the majority t;t llio. pupils. I Tiie Select Committee appointed t-> i consider advances ou land re[toit t.iat I in tiieir opinion the public credit f f ! New Zealand might with advanti^o i l»e applied towards enabling settlers lon the security of their l.vnd to aci quire advances at a comparatively low , rate of interest. Such advances might, i he made through tiie Land Transfer I office in sums nor exceeding i"2,00») | to any om« iiulivicJa il for any period I not excelling 10 y.-ars, the i:vte of ■ interest 4i per cent per annum ; I amount of such alvance not to exceed one half of the value as fixed uudei' j the. Property Assessment Act; th? mo.-tgagor to be entitled to cancel tin j mortgage at any time on payment of j tliH principal and interest to date of cancellation. The amount advanced I should be. paid in New Zealand Government debentures of not losj than i'loo each, hearing interest af. t ie rate of 4per cent j:e aaiuitu. Fioiu a statement attached to this report in appears that the number of mortgages in New Zealand foi sums ranging from fIOO to £1000 each is 32 78*, repres entiuga total amount of £10.449,676.. The number of mortaages over £10)0 and under ±'2000 is 6,634, the value of which, however, is not given.