FEDERAL POLITICS.
CABLE NEWS
United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.
OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.
THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH.
(Received Last Ndght, 9.5 o'clock.)
MELBOURNE, Sept. 5. ,Lord Dennran opened, the Federal Parliament. The Govieraor'is. Speech congmtdliated the people of Australia, upon the* continued general prosperity of''tihe Commonwealth. It referred to the importance of the work of the Imperial Conference to the ions, the steady progress- in tihe oonsibruotnon of the AuistraHiain Navy, the patriotic response of tine yout(h< under the universal training sdhieme, and.. the proposed revisCon of the tariff viittik:-a view-to.gating rid:of anomalies. The-programme for the-- session includes Commonwealth Bank,Tran,Bcontinental Railway, Compensation to Seamen, Compensation and Navigation Bills, and also measures to codify the criminal law, and amend tihe Elieetorai, Old Age Pensions, OonoMdation' and Arbitration Acts. The Speech stated that a progressive land ibax encouraging settlement, and attraating desirable, imimigjrantts wtouM be proposed. The Ministers hla-ve under oonisiideiratdon the esltabHsihanent of reciipirocal trade with New Zealand and Canada.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10413, 6 September 1911, Page 5
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158FEDERAL POLITICS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10413, 6 September 1911, Page 5
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