AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
By Electrio Telegraph. — Copyright [per united press association.! Melbottbne, June 19. All the claims for damages by tbe Windsor railway accident hare been 1 settled. The cast to the colony is one hundred and twenty - fire thousand pounds. Parliament was opened this afternoon. The Gorernor's speech congratulated Parliament on the continued prosperity* It is stated that at no time since the Colony had been founded was prosperity so marked. The national credit is higher than ever, and the revenue more > elastic. All the local industries are on a successful footing. ; Sydney, June 20. During the discussion on the address of c ndolence to the Dowager Empress, . Mr Buchanan, whilst admitting the late ' Emperor Frederick's nobleness of char ' acter privately, said he was a despot | and allied with despots, and wa9 the : House going to affirm that a despot's death was an irreparable loss to the cause of freedom and human progress P ■ He moved the omission of that portion . of the address. The amendment, which ; oreated a great sensation, was seconded , by Mr Garland. The amendment was lost on a division by 60 to 3.
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Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 138, 21 June 1888, Page 2
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