South Australian Parliament.
ivkr press association;. Adelaide, June 7. Parliament was opened to-day. The • Governor's speech announced that it was proposed to submit a scheme for the immediate conversion of a portion of the public debt, and its inoro systematic payment. Village settlements in the colony, continued the speech, presented a hopeful outlook. It was proposed to establish an irrigation settlement on Lake Bonney. Parliament would bo asked to sanction the issue of Treasury notes, and othjfr measures affecting banking institutions would bo brought forward. Tho Government would reintroduce progressive taxation proposals, a Women's Franchise Bill, legislation for tho adoption of tho Referendum system, and an amendment of tho Licensed Victuallers Act to extend tho principle of local option. It was hoped that Victoria would accept tho suggestion to refer the boundary disputes to arbitrators, selected from the Australian Judiciary.
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Feilding Star, Volume XV, Issue 334, 8 June 1894, Page 2
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