THE QUEEN'S SPEECH.
\ [Eeuter's Telegrams.] : ""•- ■■. \ "■ "■• ! ~ "~ ■■> ■. ■•■. . London, Oct 28. Parliament was opened to-day by commission. The Speech Ifrom the Throne stated that tjje Houses had been, summoned^ to farther consider, thia ; : -of tKe .. t reiire'sentatipn 1 of th/E i.peopie. TitV position of aff^rs m tfie i Soudan was'.bne of painfui.uricertainty. IJer Majesty warmly recogni.&duth.el .energy.^ courage and( rißßolution of GenerarGprdon ,m the defence of Khartdurfti'and't'hat he was his best to promote the improvement of affairs m the Soud'au. The Egyptian Government/ were' aup> •porting Her Majesty's Advisers m '*he difficult financial positiongpiflijng; out of the failure of tha Conference. I Eegretw.as~ expressed at i the recent events on the Transvaal frontier, and the speech announaed that, aonibintly with the Government oiuapeCbldriy, the Government will, consider the best means to |ecure the -faithful' obEervjancebf the Transvaal: Gonven^ tibn. The Franchise Bill is the only measure the introduction' of -'which . was promised-by-'tne Speech. •'■ ' '
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Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1330, 25 October 1884, Page 4
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