OPENING OF THE N.S.W. PARLIAMENT.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1564, 12 March 1887, Page 1

OPENING OF THE N.S.W. PARLIAMENT.

Sydney, March 9. Parliament was opened to-day, with the customary ceremony, by the Governor, who in bis speech announced that the session would be of short duration. . It was proposed to deal mainly with.financial matters. A Bill would be introduced without delay to establish a Customs tariff, and to give effect to the emphatic verdict of the electoral bodies in favor of the prineiple of unrestricted freedom to the development of the' industries of the colony. Measures would also be proposed for the better working of the railways, and for the protection of the colony from the influx of expirees from New Caledonia, which latter it was hoped would receive the support of other colonies. Other bills were promised, but not to be introduced this session. The speech further announced that it was intended to celebrate the Queen’s jubilee and centenary of the colony, and the House would be asked to approve the steps to be taken.

John Henry Stubbs, charged with setting fire to a house at North Shore, Auckland, was discharged. The Magistrate said that the conduct of the accused at the time fully justified the police ia arresting him. Bilious Suffbbbbs Bead. — Waterloo No 25 Botany Road (Sydney), July 31,1886 —I was taken very ill with biliousness and enlargement of the liver. The doctor, together with other rejnedies, did me no good. I was advised to try Warner's safe cure, and safe pitta. The first dose gave me relief, and now, I thank God, I oan say I am entirely cured, and shall always recommend Warner’s safe cure to like sufferers.—Samuel Pearson.

At a meeting of the Wellington City Council on Thursday night Councillor Petherick created a sensation by staling that during the construction of the reservoir Councillors had taken money of the Council and put it into heir own pockets. The matter was considered in Committee and a vote of censure was passed on Councillor Petherick,