AUSTRALIAN NEWS.
(JY KLECTIIIC TEI-KliliAl'H —Ool'YßKillT.) Mkldociink, June 2.'i. Thb Victorian Parliament was opened this afternoon liy His Excellency the Governor, Lord llopetoun, in person. The main feature in the speech from the Throne was a reference to Federation and railway reform. It was announced that amongst; the measures proposed to bo submitted to Parliament for consideration was a Bill providing for a reform of the electoral law in the direction of adopting the on, man one vote principle and extending the franchise to women, and others dealing with local government. In the Legislative Council the Address-in-Reply was adopted with but little debate. June 24. Eleven widows mul twenty-two children are remitted destitute by the wreck of the Taramnng. HiiisiiANE, June '21. The Cable ship Recorder struck on u nand patch in the Torres Straits but flouted off uninjured. Nearly all the shearera camps are broken up and the men aie seeking work on the stations. Sydnkt, June 23. The weather is moderating. Many of the rivers are in high flood, and one niau has been drowned. Nearly three inches of rain fell in 24 hours.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2956, 25 June 1891, Page 3
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186AUSTRALIAN NEWS. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2956, 25 June 1891, Page 3
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