OPENING OF N.S.W. PARLIAMENT
-♦- . [rKUTER'S TELEGRAMS — COPYRIGHT.] ■■ Sydney, September 20 Parliament was opened to-day. The Governor's speech stated that the two principal measures of the session would be the Local Government and Land Bills, the latter providing greater facilities for the acquisition of freehold homes by the humbler classes. Bills would also be introduced with regard to railway management, the establishment of model farms and agricultural colleges, and a more equitable distribution of the burdens ol taxation, and to remedy the defects of Pailiamentary representation. The speech announced that the revenue was being well sustained, and the prospects of the colony were full- of hope. The sanction of Parliament would be asked to the agreement of the Imperial Conference with regard to naval defences. A material change m the present military organisation would be submitted, and conjointly with other colonies the establishment of a military college for the manufacture of gunpowder and munitions of war was contemplated. Mr Dibbs has assumed the Leadership of the Opposition m the Assembly. The debate on the Address m Reply to the Governor's speech is still proceeding.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1668, 21 September 1887, Page 2
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183OPENING OF N.S.W. PARLIAMENT Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1668, 21 September 1887, Page 2
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