AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

Globe, Volume XXI, Issue 1690, 21 July 1879, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN NEWS.

[Via Bluff.] MELBOURNE. Parliament assembled on Tuesday, tbe Bth. There was an immense attendance of the public, partly to see the new and splendid ball opened for the fir t lime, and partly drawn 1 y curiosity to hear the Governor’s speech ana to see the new Governor, for this was the first appearance of Lord No.manby in the Parliament Houses. The Governor’s speech was a very mild production. It referred to the general depression throughout the world, and said it was felt here less than elsewhere. Regarding the Embassy, he hoped that the result would bo beneficial, and pronrsed a measure for constitutional reform to prevent deadlocks. He mdicatcd that further taxation would be necessary, as fie revenue had fallen short of the estimates. In the Council the address was agreed to, after a few words from the mover and seconder, end S : -Charles Sladen, who made a meat moderate speech, in which ho • rusted that the past would be buried. In t o Assembly there was also no debate over the addreie. Mr Service detailed the various Acts was of the Ministry during the recess, but no amendment was moved, as there was nothing in the speech to provoke ho3t :l e comment Mr Berry declined to reply to Mr Sen ice, and the address was agreed to. M' 1 Deacon, the proposer, created some sensation by announcmg his resignation of his seit. He had been elected for West Bourke, and considerable objection has tom taken to the return, owing to the polling at Needham not having been taken, Mr Deaken said that all

i?long ho intended resigning, and deprecated the interference of Ministers at elections. On the, following night there was a scene in the House, and several members exhibited a ip'v't of rowdyism. The Cb'ef SecreKry was ssvereJy attacked ; n his donaest'c relations, and was accused of having beentr j-d out of the Duffy Government. TH? he stronfjly and warr'y domed, and the Houbq ;-Ijo'v.i 1 last week in the midst of a scene wr'ch augv-ed badly for the commencement of the session. Yesterday some bus? iczi wrs done, and a Supply Bill passed the Assembly for eight bund red thousand pounds, after some d'scussioD. The'e : t eve/ indication of a stoimy Bess'oa. The ITnaticVl Statement and the Constitutions 1 . B'"l tr'H bo ' '~educcd next week. The number of unemployed is increasing, and it ?'-. d-fficrH. ri find work for them. The t'mes, no doubt, a"e ve.y du"\ On I 'day lest Solomon end Co, frrr'tr-e manufacturers, were competed to close their facto J and dischi"'go about a hund-ed hands. They have been manuTactur'ng for twenty years. A fund is being raised, for unemployed clerks and shopmen, as well as a brepd iv id for the poor of Coll'ugwood. The Bishop of Melbou\je recently lectured at Geclong on " A remedy for the distress in Victoria." He dtscribed the sufferings of the selectors in some pai - of h's diocese as beifg e'most beyond be l; .ef, and expressed the opinion that tue only way to permanently re ,: evo the distress which existed was to make the land more productive, by ir.lgation and other fe; "iriog agencies. He suggested, therefore, that the Goveument should ■nrepare a scheme snd commence works of ?rr ; gation at the earliest possible moment. The afiVrs of the Provincial and Suburban Bank are to te wound |up under d : -ection of the Equity Court, and trrce official ?'quidators have been appointed. A lerge deputation has waited on the Chief Secret: - ./ to ask b'm * • repeal the Stock Tax, wr'ch brings in thirty tbouspnd a year, but has been the means of throwing a Jarge number of men out of employ. In the tellmongevy elone these r-e estimated at five i hundred.