South Australian Parliament
♦ (BEUTEIt's TKLKGBA.MB.) Adelaide, June 5. The South Australian Parliament was opened today by his Excellency the Governor, who referred in his speech to the deeply regretted death of Prince Leopold, and staled that a telegram had been sent to the Queen, for which Her Majesty's thanks held been received. The speech expressed regret at th« low price of wheat hi London, through which the colony has suffered, although the harvest has been abundant. A Bill to amend the land laws is announced, and the insinuation of a land lax and income tax to meet the deficiency in the revenue is proposed. The necessity was pointed out of Imperial legislation te authorise the establishment of a. Federal Council, for which, however, a plan would shortly be submitted. Parliament also announced that Government intended to make arrangements for having an International Exhibition in 1887 * ■— ■
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Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 76, 7 June 1884, Page 2
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