The Life and Work of Richard John Seddon/Index
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Acts: Grey’s Electoral Bill, 25, 43; Beer Tax Bill, 26; Hall’s Triennial Parliament Bill, 43; passed 46; Qualification of Electors Act, 46; Property-tax, passed, repealed 46; Rolleston’s Land Act, 54; Hall’s Representation Act, 63; Seddon’s Auction Bill, 67; Abolition of gold duty, 68; Seddon’s Payment of Members Bill, 70, 72; Grey’s Annexation and Confederation Bill, 73; Repeal of Roads and Bridges Construction Act, 78; Charitable Aid Act, 79; Women’s Property Act, 82; Grey’s Land Settlement Bill, 82; Ballance’s Land Acquisition Bill, 83; Atkinson’s Tariff Bill, 96; Property Tax Amendment, 102; Atkinson’s Representation Bill, 108; Hare Voting System, 109; Property Tax, repealed, Land and Income Tax passed, 161, 384; Hall’s Female Franchise Bill, defeated, 161; Electoral Bill, 162; Mackenzie’s Land Bill, 163; Electoral Bill, 183, 184; becomes law, 187; Conciliation and Arbitration Bill, 200; Criminal Code Act, 202; Alcoholic Liquor Sale Control Act, 203; Bank of New Zealand Share Guarantee Bill, 211; passed 213; its terms, 214; Employment of Females Act, 224; Employment of Females and Others Act, 226; Employers’ Liability Act, 226; Contractors’ Debts Act, 227; Workmen’s Wages Act, 227; Master and Apprentice Bill, 228; Registration of Trades Unions, 228; Law Society’s Act, 229; Eight Hours Bill, 229; Factories Act, 232; Coal-mine Bill, 232; Threats and Molestations Bill, 233; Truck Act, 234; Employers’ Liability Act Amendment Act, 234; Consolidating Factories Act, 235; Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 238; becomes law, 242; Industrial Arbitration Bill, 252; Shops and Shop-assistants Act, 270; Act providing compensation to Workers for accidents, 272; Dairy Act, 275; State Coal-mines Act, 277; Municipal rating on unimproved values, 279; Sir John Mackenzie’s Act to secure homes for the people, 283; McNab’s Testator’s Family Maintenance Act, 284; Manual and Technical Instruction Act, 284; Teachers’ Superannuation Act, 285; Maori Lands Administration Act, 287; Land and Income Assessment Act, 291; Land for Settlements Act, 294; Ward’s Advances to Settlers Act, 300; Seddon’s Preferential and Reciprocal Trade Act, 323; Midwives Act, 341; Old Age Pensions Act, 325, 383.
Agricultural Company, Auckland, 216.
Arbitration: one Court, 238; dreaded, 241; opposed by Legislative Council, 242; Arbitration possible without conciliation, 247; Industrial Arbiration Bill, 252; dispute between Boot Manufacturers and Workers, 254; Court upheld by Supreme Court and Court of Appeal, 260; value of judge’s legal training, 264; Court earned respect and appreciation, 266; promoted conciliatory spirit, 266; absence of strikes and lock-outs, 267.
Atkinson, Sir Harry, Colonial Treasurer, 44, 49; property tax, 44; Customs duties, 45; Premier, 49; tours colony, 53; scheme for national annuities, 53; number of supporters, 56; forms new ministry, 58; yet supported by minority, 60; joined by E. Wakefield, 60; efforts at coalition with Stout-Vogel, 61; when a labourer, 66; last continuous government, 89; borrows money, 91; his attitude to unemployed, 92; his Financial Statement of 1888,95; tea-duty, 96; ‘hobnail boots policy,’ 97; defeated by Seddon, 98; his Representation Act, 108; ill-health, 111; averse to further retrenchment, 119; attitude towards maritime strike, 129; refused to resign, 139; forced by ill-health to accept Speakership of Legislative Council, 142; control of railways by commissioners, 279; a humanist, 328.
Ballance, John, Native Minister and Minister for Lands, 56; consolidates land laws, 82; votes with the Conservatives, 97; offered leadership of Liberal Party, 100; attacks property-tax, 103; plan of campaign, 112; speech on Address-in-Reply, 113; moves dissolution, 115; demands instant resignation of the government, 138; Premier etc., 143; breaks down in health, 169; death, 172; Mr. Seddon’s eulogy, 173; an early advocate of women’s franchise, 183; his Electoral Bill, 184; land policy, 291.
Bank of New Zealand: Crisis, 204; Mr. G. Buckley’s speech, 205; conference, Sir Joseph Ward, Mr. Seddon, Mr. Murray, 207; Bank’s proposal to Government, 209; terms of Banking Act, 214; Estates Co., 215; amalgamation with Colonial Bank, 217.
Bills: See Acts.
Bradshaw, Mr., mover of Eight Hours Bill, 231.
Buckley, Sir Patrick, his Charitable Aid Act, 79; Attorney General, Colonial Secretary, and Postmaster-General, 143 Minister for Mines, 177.
Cadman, Sir A. J., Commissioner of Stamp Duties, 144.
Carroll, Mr. J., Representative of the Native Race, 178.
Cheviot, estate purchased, 293.
Conciliation, Boards of, 238; compulsory clauses attacked, 241; Mr. Reeves’s opinion, 242; members paid, 243; Boards favoured by workers, 243; absence of formality 244; Board of Experts a failure, 346; status of Boards unsatisfactory, 246; practically abolished, 248; made Courts of first instance, 251; Mr. Justice Cooper’s view, 251.
Conservative, Party dying, 27; met organised Opposition, 28; Ministry, 43; insecure position 44; view of freehold, 46; repudiated the name, 47; passed away, 47; Sir Harry Atkinson, the policy-maker, 49; holding office when in minority, 99; manifesto, 133; attacks the Liberal Government, 153,156; its efforts to organise, 159; Napier, centre of Conservative thought, 175; Conservatives well organised as the National Association, 197; their manifesto, 198.
Continuous Ministry, first break in, 46; in power again, 58; supported by North Island; second break, 62; last lease of power begins, 87, 89; weakness of, 99; passed liberal measures, 126; defeated, 134,138; resigned, 143; labour legislation, 229.
Convention, Intercolonial at Sydney, 72.
Co-operative, system of labour in public works, 149.
Elections, general, 126,199.
Employers, Liability Act, 226.
Estates Company, Bank of New Zealand, 215.
Exodus, The, 92; Continuous ministry blamed, 116; stopped, 159.
Fox, Sir William, defeated, 34.
Freetrade, 96.
Glasgow, Lord, Governor refuses appointments to Legislative Council, 164; Memorandum to, 166; instructed by Secretary of State to accept advice of his government, 168.
Goldfields, West Coast, 11,15.
Grey, Sir George, Liberal Government, 25; autocratic temperament, 27; extraordinary vigour, 28; admired by Seddon, 28; ‘Greyhounds,’ 30; Premier, 35; reply to Hall, 37; defeated by two votes, 42; income tax and land tax, 44; his temper, 53; tours colony, 54; leader of middle Liberal Opposition, 54; number of supporters, 56; attitude towards Stout-Vogel Ministry, 56; attempt to form Ministry, 57, 58; defeats Continuous Ministry (second break); failure of his imperialist schemes, 75; his ‘no confidence’ motions, 84; speech on Atkinson’s Representation Bill, 108; one-man-one-vote, 113; introduced a Friendly Societies Bill, 163; advises Seddon to form Ministry, 175; Grey and the principle of Trades Unions, 229; takes up Eight Hours’ Bill, 232; visited by Mr. Seddon, 306.
Hall, Sir John, 34; leader of Opposition, 36; took office, 43; Triennial Parliaments Bill, 43; Premier, 43, 49; resigned, 49; petition in favour of women’s franchise, 186; petitions, 195.
Hall-Jones, Hon. W., Minister for Public Works and Marine, 180.
Industrial Protection League, 94.
Kumara, 14,16.
Labour: first labour parliament, 135; establishment of bureaux, 155, 181; early legislation, 223; Employment of Females Act, 224; Employment of Females and Others Act, 226; Workmen’s Wages Act, 227; Eight Hours Bill, 229; Factories Act, 232; Threats and Molestations Bill, 233; Truck Act, 234; Consolidating Factories Act, 235; Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 238; workers encouraged to organise, 240; The Labour Laws of New Zealand, 269; Shops and Shop Assistants Act, 270; minor legislation, 272–273; Labour Department, 273; Labour Journal, 274.
Land: Speculation, 50; four notable legislators, 289; Ballance’s village settlement system, 289; Land Act, 290; McKenzie attacks big estates, 290; land policy of Ballance Ministry, 291; compulsory purchase clauses, 291, 293; Land and Income Assessment Act, 291; purchase of Cheviot estate, 293; tenures, 295; Royal Commission report, 296; abolution of lease-in-perpetuity, 300; Land and Income-tax, 384.
Legislative Council, recommendation to appoint six new members, 140; out of touch with the new liberalism, 162; rejects Female Franchise Bill, the Electoral Bill, Shop Hours Bill, Workman’s Lien Bill, 162; also Grey’s Friendly Societies Bill, 163; analysed, 164; battle re appointments to 164–168; agrees to Bank of New Zealand Share Guarantee Bill, 213; opposes Arbitration, 242; supports conciliation, 247; hostile to Old-age Pensions, 334; appointment of new members 335.
Liberal, Government, 25, 26; view of free-hold, 46; repealed Property-tax, 46; split in party, 53; Liberal party in opposition, 88; its forbearance, 99; urging retrenchment, 119; Seddon, first lieutenant, 122; the party united, 126; Liberal policy, 133; brilliant victory, 134; petitions Governor, re appointments to Legislative Council, 141; in power, 143; policy outlined, 144; land policy, 294.
Lindsay, Miss Jean, maiden name of Mr. Seddon’s mother, 2.
McKenzie, Sir John, Minister for Lands, Immigration and Agriculture, 144, 178; Land for Settlements Bill, 161; Land Bill, 163; Commissioner of Forests, 178; greatest land administrator, 180; increase of land settlement, 182; passed Act to secure homes for the people, 283; Land Act, 293; his views on sale of Crown lands, 297.
Midland Railway, 77
Mitchelson, E., Native Minister, leader of House during Atkinson’s indisposition, 118.
Montgomery, W., leader of new Liberal Opposition, 54; number of supporters, 56; member of the Executive Council, 178.
National Annuities, Atkinson’s scheme, 53; Mr. Seddon’s scheme, 337.
Perceval, Sir Westby, 101, 102; motion re maritime strike, 129; prepares petition to the Governor, 141.
Pomohaka estate purchased, a failure, 291.
Prohibition, Stout’s Alcoholic Liquor Sale Control Act passed, 203.
Prosperity, turn of the tide, 160.
Reeves, Hon. W. P., description of Conservative camp, 88; votes with Conservatives, 96; Minister for Education and Justice, 143; Minister for Education and Labour and Commissioner of Stamps, 177; ability in debate, 179; in charge of labour bureaux, 181; senior member for Christchurch, 200; his Conciliation and Arbitration Bill, 200; his “State Experiments,” quoted 202, 253, 336; Criminal Code Act, 202; author of Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 239; first Minister for Labour, 275; Agent-General, 296.
Reform Party, Young New Zealand, 47.
Rolleston, Mr. W., Minister for Lands, Land Act, 54; defeated by Sir William Steward for Speakership, 143.
Russell, Sir William, 97; not a strong party man, 142; consulted by Mr. Seddon in banking crisis, 210; checks party feeling of his supporters, 213; criticism of Old-age Pensions, 333; his amendment 335.
Saunders, Mr. Alfred, 52; supports Mr. Seddon, 154; replies to Mr. Scobie McKenzie. 156; early advocate of women’s franchise, 188.
Seddon, Mr. Thomas, father of R. J. Seddon, p. 2.
Seddon, Richard John, birth, 3; apprenticed, 6; emigrated to Melbourne, 7; arrival in Hokitika, 10; Kumara. 14; entry into local politics, 20; Arahura Road Board, 19; Westland County Council, 19; Staffordtown School Committee and Education Board, 21; Study of May’s “Parliamentary Practice,” 22, 23; member for Hokitika, 33; first political address, 30; maiden speech in House, 38; “no surrender,” 41; expresses surprise at Grey, 59; parochial days, 63; stonewaller, 63; struggling for Westland’s needs, 65; his political aims, 65, 66; his Auction Bill, 67; abolition of gold duty, 68; miners’ representative, 69; Payment of Members Bill, 70, 72; his reading, no orator, 76; attacks Continuous Ministry, 89; votes with Conservatives, 96; defeats Atkinson, 98; opposed tea and sugar duties, 99; criticises Department of Works and Mines, 114; refutes Sir John Hall’s charge, 117; broadening his views, 118; nonplussed Ministers, 121; first lieutenant of the Liberal Party, 122; his defence of labour movement, 123; partial submission to party control, 124; advocates State intervention in Maritime Strike, 129; conviction State interference, justifiable, 130; Minister for Public Works, Mines, and Defence, 143, 177; policy of retrenchment, 146; substitutes co-operative system for practice of subletting contracts, 149; tours the colony, 151; deals plainly with unemployed, 152; attacked by Mr. T. Fergus, 154; defends himself and colleagues, 157; takes temporary lead of House, 168, 171; sent for by Lord Glasgow, 174; advised by Sir George Grey, 175; expansion of his mind, 176; reproves Auckland Liberal Association, 176; his Cabinet, 177; hostility to Mr. Seddon’s Ministry. 178; his views on Electoral Bill, 183; in conference re Bank of New Zealand, 207; consults his opponents, 210; opinion of State-bank, 221; Coal-mine Bill, 232; speaks bitterly of Council re Arbitration, 248; Minister for Labour, 275; establishment of State Coal-mines, 277; State Fire Insurance Department, 278; Government resumes control of railways, 280; erects workers’ dwellings, 282; Minister for Education, 284; his Manual and Technical Instruction Act, 284; Teachers’ Superannuation Act, 285; his Maori Lands Administration Act, 287; views on the land question, 290; championship of his colleagues, 296; views on State treatment of tenants, 299; as an imperialist, 302; attends Diamond Jubilee celebrations, 303; Premiers’ Conference, 303; created member of Privy Council, 304; interview with Mr. Gladstone, 304; visit to Sir George Grey, 306; Honorary D.C.L. Cambridge, 307; visit to Ireland, 308; reception in Wellington, 310; his policy of annexation, 311; despatch of contingents to South African war, 313; attends Coronation ceremony of King Edward VII., 315; visits South Africa en route, 315; second Premiers’ Conference, 318; Imperial defence and preferential tariff schemes, 319; honorary LL.D., Edinburgh University, 321; Seddon cartoons, 322, 323, 345; his Preferential and Reciprocal Trade Act, 323; views regarding Britain’s supremacy in the Pacific, 324–325; the humanist, 327; his Old-age Pensions scheme, 328; money to be taken from consolidated fund, 332; his scheme of national annuities, 337; not a mere theorist, 340; further humanitarian legislation, 340; Midwives Act, 341; his general elections, 354; remarkable activity, 354; Ministerial positions held, 356; visits Australia, 358; enthusiastic reception, 361; his death, 364; his obsequies, 366; his colleagues, 386.
Skinflints, The, 91.
State-bank, in all but name, 220; Mr. Ell’s action, 220; Mr. Seddon’s opinion, 221.
State Coal Mines, 277.
Steward, Sir W., elected speaker, 143.
St. Helens, birthplace of Seddon, 1.
Stout, Sir Robert, advice to Vogel, 55; Premier, 56; Stout-Vogel Ministry dissolved, 57; Stout-Vogel combination supported by South Island, 61; its spirit, 77; no confidence motions, 84; hybrid nature of the coalition, 85; its defeat, 87; his opinion in Maritime Strike, 128; his opinion of the labour members, 137; opinion regarding unions, 229; reason for supporting Eight Hours’ Bill, 231.
Strike, Maritime, 127.
Sweating evil, 103.
Trust, Public Office, 278.
Union, Trades, tailoresses, 105; union of Civil Servants, 119; registration of, 228; affirmation of the principle, 229; Industrial Union of Employers, 254; Federated Employer’s Association of N.Z., 254; preference clause, 257.
Vogel, Sir Julius, Public Works Policy, 49; State-aided immigrants, 51; returns to colony, reception, member for Christchurch, 55; optimist, 55; Colonial Treasurer, 56; another Public Works policy, 57; defeated, 57; idolised by Dunedin, 58; Midland railway scheme, 77; new system of local government, 78; schemes re fish, silk, and beet-root industries, 80; relies on roads and railways, 81; system of selling native lands stopped, 81; sale of liquor in King Country prohibited, 82; leaves for England, 90; support of women’s franchise, 192; State Life Insurance established, 278.
Wakefield, E., member for Selwyn, 60.
Walker, W. C., prominent Liberal, 101.
Wallis, Dr. J., early advocate of women’s franchise, 189, 190.
Ward, Sir Joseph, his vote, 96; member of Young New Zealand Party, 102; portfolio, Post and Telegraph Department, 144; Colonial Treasurer, Postmaster-General and Commissioner of Telegraphs and Customs, 178; his wide grasp of finance, 180; his first Financial Statement, 182; in conference re Bank of New Zealand, 207; introduces Bank of New Zealand Share Guarantee Bill, 211; eulogised for his boldness, and presence of mind in banking crisis, 214; his action with Estates Company, 215; amalgamates Colonial and New Zealand Banks, 217; adopts universal penny postage, 276; sixpenny telegrams, 276; passes municipal rating on unimproved values, 279; successful management of Railway Department, 280; Advances to Settlers Scheme, 300.
Whitaker, Sir Frederick, Premier, 49.
Women’s Franchise, 86; advocated by Ballance, 183; a clause in Electoral Bill, 184; Mr. Seddon refuses to accept Council’s amendment, 185; formation of leagues, 186; efforts of Women’s Christian Temperance Union, 186; petitions and counter petitions, 187; actively supported by Mrs. K. W. Sheppard, 187; Mr. A. Saunders, 188; Mrs. Müller, Dr. James Wallis, 189; history of the movement, 188, 196; comparative table, appendix, 383.
Wool, price of, 84.
Young New Zealand Party, (illegible text).
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