Opening of Parliament

Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 92, 27 January 1891, Page 2

Opening of Parliament

THE GOVEENOE'S SPEECH- -■; ■ . : - ;.■■■■■■■ ; ; .' '•- ■' ■.'■.--•■''-: -'><<<'• < ■ ■ -. The first session of the eleyenth Parliament oi' New Zealand was this day opened by the Governor, when His Excellency was pleased to make the following speech: Honorable Gentlemen of the Legislative Councn; Gentlemen of thY House of ■Eepreseritatives—B regret-^that I 'have been obliged to call- for your attendance at: an ■ '- unusual-and^ -probably, to most of you," an inconvenient "season. The ; general elections haying taken place, my iat& advisers deemed" it hiecessary that ha vinoregard .to the uncertainty of the strength of parties, -Parliament should be called together at the first possible opportunity but prior t& the opening: :bf Parliament they tendered their resignation, arid a new administration has been formed. ' Gentlemen of the House of Bepresentatives—As you are aware estimates were passed during the last sessions of Parliament providing for the expenditure of the current financial year, -and my advisers propose to; make an exhaustive •ihquirv into the financial condition of the colony m order to submit' proposals which theybelieve will be satisfactorily framed with due regard to economy, and with such reduction of the expenditure as the position of the country demands without impairing the efiicuehcy of the pubhc serm^ Honorabb Gentlemen of the Legislative Council and Gentlemen; of the House of Kepresentatives— My advisers - 1 propose that a measure for dealing with the administration of the public lands of the olony. shall be. sulm/fted to you in j order to remedy the defects proved' to exist m the present state of the law They also believe; that a Department of Aericulture would be produ jtiveof great rti They also prop j-se to submit to voumeasuros^ they trust wilL : i m p rove the relation of labor to.capital,^ Q d promote the cause ot industrial; progress. Mv adviser&consicler their earriest attention, should be given- to, the- development of the mineral resources of the vcolony. I propose, after a suitable recess, you should devote time to ■ the. consideration of these and other measm-es which i will be submitted to you. ; '