OPENING OF NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENT

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2489, 16 June 1915, Page 8

OPENING OF NEW SOUTH WALES PARLIAMENT

F LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMME. 9 s (By Telegranh—Press Assn.-Copyright) 3 ] (Rec. June 15, 9.20 p.m.) __ r , Sydney, June 15. 5 Tho State Governor (Sir Gerald t .Strickland) has opened'the'State Parb liament. 111 his speech he referred to 1 tho loyalty shown by Australia. Des spite tlio groat economic pressure aris- , ing from tho war measures had been r taken to ensure the financial stability 5 of the State, aud a surplus was antia cipated which would provide occupation - for thousands left temporarily unem--0 ployed by the closing of the markets 1 of the world t'o primary products. I It would now bo found that legisla--0 tion which had been endorsed by the 0 elections need 110 longer be delayed. . Tho Bills promised include a super tax e on certain classes of land; construction, r of a city railway, and tho North Shore bridge; regulation ofmeat, milk, fruit, s and vegetables supplies; bulk handling n and storage of grain; Government petd rol monopoly; dealings with enemies. t 5° A Chinaman, named Young King, r years of age, residing at 179 Adelaido 0 Road ; was admitted to the General !• Hospital early yesterday afternoon suV r fering from a compound fracture of the a right leg., The injury was the roßulfe II of a collision with a horse and trap - while the Chinaman was riding a - bicycle ou the Terrace. . Surgeon-Major A. G. Talbot will act 1 as principal medical officer for the Auckt land military district .after the departure of Lieutenant-Colonel T. R. Inglis, - who has filled the position since Lieu' b tenant-Colonel W. H. Partes left to 3 take_ command of the No. 2 stationary - hospital. While he was practising in b Chrietchurch, Major Talbot was in com--3 mand of the Field Ambulance. 1 Mr- J- B. Shacklock, of Dunedin, reI ceived word on Saturday of the death L of his cousin. Mr. Clyde Evans, in ao . Mr. Evans was born in Oamani, and his nearest surviving relative is his sister. Mrs. Jack, wife of the headmaster of the Naseby School. Mr. Evans as a young man joined the Union Steam ohip Company s service and served as purser. Then ho wont /into sailing vessels and qualified for a chief officer's certaJicate m service in the' China Sea. H? 1 X-? outbreak of the war he joined the Isavy. The last letter received from him was dated March 20, but it I did not state what vessel he was on. The late Mr. John Smaill, whose sudden death while travelling on the train on tho Bluff line occurred'last week, was n well-known resident of tho Gore district (states tho "Ensign"). He was a native of Corstorphine, near Edinburgh, Scotland, and was a son of the lato Mr. Charles Smaill, of the Ota go Peninsula, arriving in the Dominion by the ship Strathallan in 1858. Mr. Smaill wna educated at the Otago Boys' High School, having entered that school in 1868. For some years he followed farm< 1 ing pursuits with his father, but early 1 in 1879 ho removed to Gore, carrying r on business at East Gore in partnership 1 with Mr. A. L. Brown, und© l - the name of Smaill and Brown, general mer--1 chants. Tho partnership was carried on 5 for several years, whon it was dissolv--1 ed. Mr. Smaill shortly afterwards on- . teTed into partnership with Mr. R, M'Lennan, of the Hyde Homo Station* as skin and produce merchants. In 189!) he was appointed Government Land Valuer, which offioo ho held until his death. During his long residence at . Gore, and prior to his acceptance of tho 5 Govornment appointment, Mr. Smaill . took a keen interest in local publicmatters*