QUEENSLAND.
i . B«bb_fi, July 7. ! The Governor opened Parliament at noon yesterday. In his speech His Excellency states immediate intention to matters of importance is required. A hew loan will be asked for to cover the railways at present in progress,- immigration, and the cost of a Government steamer now being built in Sydney: Attention of Parliament will be drawn .to. the remission of national school fees without Parliamentary sanction. The • speech recommends the fixing of railway charges as promised by act of Parliament ; and states that new bills will be introduced for the amendment of the laws relating to customs, gold-fields insolvency, ahd wages; also bills to extend the district court procedure, to improve the Municipal Act, and' to provide additional representation. The Ministry ask to be empowered to contract for cheap lines of railway to the interior t on the system of land grants. The speech also promises a reduction in the telegraphic oharges. - Fifteen members were on the Opposition 'side of the House, ahd-12 on the Ministerial, - and it is believed an amendment on the address in "reply to -the speech will be carried by a 1 small majority
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Southland Times, Issue 1279, 15 July 1870, Page 3
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192QUEENSLAND. Southland Times, Issue 1279, 15 July 1870, Page 3
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