PARLIAMENT.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10081, 29 June 1910, Page 5

PARLIAMENT.

OPENING OP THE SSSSIONBy, Telegraph—Frees Association. WELLINGTON, June 28. The third session of the seventeenth Parliament was opened this after- ' noon. Both' Houje* met at 230 for the swearing-in of members rendered necessary by the.death of King Edward, There was a g' od • attendance of members of both Houses, and . the ceremony was rendered interesting in view of the fact that it was the first official act of Lord Islington in connection with the Legislature. His Excellency's speech appears in another portion of this.iesue. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. Subsequently the Council met for formal business. The Attorney-Gen-eral in speaking to the motion respecting 'the death *>f the late King, " paid an eloquent tribute "to ? the ser- r vices of, King Edward, '*" * The motion was carried, ail members standing. Motions were also passed expressing regret at the deaths of certain members of the Council. Mr .Scotland congratulated Sir Charles Bowen, the Speaker, upon his Knighthood. On the motion of the AttorneyGeneral, the Council adjourned till Thursday next^ HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. I The House resumed at 3.50, after having adjourned to the Upper House, for the swearing-in ceremony. ' ~«The Speaker feelingly referred tothe death of the late Mr Baume, and called upon Mr Myers to tat e the oath and his seat for Auckland East. . v-V 'V"'"'- : ' *' J ; The Prime Minister, after ref«rring to the death of the late King. \ whose memory he said was revered in the Dominion, was followed by Ir Massey, who ueconded. the formal motion of sympathy. Resolution* of sympathy with the relatives of".. the \ late Mr Baume, and members of Legislative Council who had died dur-v ing the recess, were also passed. The Premier then moved the adjournment of the House till Thursday next, oat of re3peu to the memory of the late King, which was carried/ Thi" House rose at 4.50 p.m.