PARLIAMENT OPENED

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 69, 12 November 1931, Page 5

PARLIAMENT OPENED

(British OfficiaT '"Wireless)

prr- '* -t - STATE CEfJE^QNY fe^KING AND QU¥E*T DklVE RP THROUGH STREETS IN I GOLD COACH SPEECH FROMTHE THRONE

3 RUGBY;- Tuesday. '■ The King and Queen drove .from Buckingham Palac^ to W estinirister (cjr th,e ,§.tate opqning* of Parliament ilong a)lrputfe{31ined (witli guardsmep fiid eheiring crbwcls. • R The Maj esties rode in ; the great gpld State coach, drawn by eighi; bay ftorses and were eseorted by tbe Royal florse Guards. ' 5: The Royal Co'ach'was followed by a-carriage containing tbe Royal house hold. The Prince. of .'Wales and the puke of York also attended. >! On arrival at the , House of 'Lords, attended by the Officers o'f State In fheir picturesque.uniforms, the King, frho was ■we'aringfhe, State Robes and Crown, and the Prince of Wales, Vere led in procession to the House j>f Lords, wh.ere to the assembled hords and Commoners His Majesty read his speqch. . ..... ^ Royal Speech He said: — "My relations "vvith foreign powers continue to be friendly. My Government intend to pursue a policy pronjbt'ing peace" and' goo'dwill and to continue their active interest in the ^ork of the League of Nations. ti "The serious financial and eeonomic ptuat jQn of the wpr l'd'.de.eply cbncerns ftiy Government. They will do their pmo.gt,, (in co-operating with other jjovefpmqiits, and iri'a spirit of mutigl .helpfulness, find w"ays for restoring; thp yolume ;0f Intarpational trac(e. ' V "In conformity with the undertakfrig given to the representatives of jny Dopilnions in 1930 a measure will be laict before you to give statutory feffect to certain declarationg and resolutions of the imperial eonference of 1926" and 1930, . "These measures are designed to make clear the powers of the 'Dominion's parliaments and fo promote' a spirits of co-operation amohgst the members of the British Gommonwealth of Nations. f "My Government has received from the Government of my Dominion of Canada a proposal that the economic eonference which ,was adjourned in 1930 to *he convened at Ottawa as soon as possible. This invitation has been welcomed by my Ministers. * "Mkxiifatfe fo Gbvemififent. "The nation at the general elec|ion encforsed measures for "securing economic stability and balancing the national b.pdget which constitutes the fjrst essential" step in the solution of the financial and ecpnomic prohlejms with which the eountry is confronted. "The nation was also invited by my Ministers to empower them , to pursue a policy- designed to fully re-es-t'ablish confidence in our financial stability,' and give them authority to frame plans for ensuring a favourable balance of trade. My Ministers have now received a clear and emphatic mandate to that effect.