AUSTRALIAN.

Thames Star, Volume XVII, Issue 5195, 10 September 1885, Page 2

AUSTRALIAN.

Fydnby, Tuesday. The New South Wales Parliament was opened to«day by the Governor, Lord Augustas Loftus. His Excellency, in his speech on the occasion, urged upon, the Legislature the desirability of completing the defenpe system of the colony and the i necessity of providing means for the I .better polleption and .stprflgft.of ,urul.er. I Alluding to poloßial railways, jjffo Escelleney stated that at Ihe present time 3800 '< miles of railway wore open for traffic, and ! contracts bad been Jet for the construction of further 438 mile* of line. Referring to ihfc financial position of the colony, he said the income from ail sources during [the first eight motfi fa's of the current financial year was'largely in excess of :Tf points for-the corresponding period of i last year. In July last the (government bad intended to float a.loan of fire, and a half millions, but acting on*representation^ made by the Agent-'G^eneraj, Sty Saul Samuel, they had decided to postpone the loan, but would pl&pe it upon/ the London market whenevers» favofahje ppoQrtqn{ly presented; itself. The,question whether New South Wales should continue to pay a share of the subsidy for the maintenance of the San Francisco ma.il .service was under the consideration of His Excellency's ad risers, ar»4 ifc Wfts hoped that som^ scheme might yet be devised, which would prove satisfactory to the Goyefnijaents interested in the servicp. His Excellency, in referring to the Federation Enabling Act recently passed by the British Parlia merit, stated that the conditions set forth therein yefc not a^epiable io the coipuy, and the Gfovernqqent had there'foje jnlimated to .the other cofonics coripernedjtbat New §oi)th Wnles wascornpilled to deejine to federate under tUe existing provisions of the measure. . , ■■ . Yes'.erday. In the Legislative Assembly to-day an amendment to the Adress-in-Kpply to the Governor'^ speech waa Hjiofcd b ; y the leader of the Oppositioni' to the effect that the Government was deserving of censure for not calling Parliament together earlier. The debate is still proceeding,