PARLIAMENT.

Bush Advocate, Volume IX, Issue 796, 24 June 1893, Page 2

PARLIAMENT.

i THE.O^ENiNq-DAY. • , ,-Tr,IEGISMTiyE .COUM'pnb,, v r , v 1 'At halfpasXS the gins' fift,Vlfeay jGlasgow'-is led, to^a -seift 'by the Speaker; with -her arelMiss Wau,chope and the Ladies Boyle. .The , messenger cries 'The Honourable the I Speaker,'. . And . Mr Miller, j.ta.k.es. hia place -after : bowing ' to the aß»ethbled : .Councillors. There are just 14 Councillors present, v th,e s/mallest number .and the largest 'Council for some !years. The galleries.7 are. as usual, full .of'Tadies', 'and'th'ey'-are in-force dp 'thejao'orj-j ou ■each-Sile 1 of the spaaed jresßrved.fortheuLoweroHoueev Thai ■Governor.,. conies- i'in.,c>wjth ; his ? aideß,, Captain Hunter Blair (Cjprdoo fiigh-j landers)- and ; Mr'., ..Qlaytdn' (Scots, Guards)^ and' private' secretary, Co!b- ! nel Boyle (Grenadier Guards)- 'allTtf full uniform ytb'e'Cotaiha'ndarifcof the Forces; also in' full uniform,- and the forei'gn..,.Conßuls. .oThe Lower iHouae/ ipresently.etrrjijesj }ed by p the Mace,and! Mr Speaker, 'group's itself, and 'then ;His Excellency ieads the. speech., Ten' minhtes' after the : ' first "word 1 iW Governor aijd suite .and the Lower jHouse' ate gone. ; - .■•■" >''"''■ i HOUSK OP REPRESENTATIVES:- ;.■ t j In the Lower House the first business >is of. course the tribute of respect. About' 50 members, are and 'there is a bustle as thY Premier rises to speak. Yqu cah hear,_.a pin. drop, ■so still is the -house, afld you can hardly hear .the : Premier, who is .evidently oppressed by emotion. Aa ! he recitas the services of his departed ; chief in brief, well-chosen language,"" the House listens in deepest sym- , patby. \yben he refers to ,Bal--1 lance his ' voice' ''trembles and s ; ihks low; He enda his heartfelt tribuje |n solemn silence. The silence is broken by the Leader ,of the Opposition, who speaks with sympathetic appreciation, using, wo^ds worthy of the occasion in every wra He takes wider T&nge,Teferring'to thai other illustrious dead who Have since the opening of this. Parliament, now entering on its ' last session, passed' . ibt'o 'silence. , He names theni with' .respect; be 'refers Jo their efforts in' thd^ cause of political freedom ; ! h& ends with cordial referenbe to: the opponent for whom lie had always had the highest respect. -. ..; -,-.,.., The motion thus_ proposed $n4 ( seconded is upheld by' Mr Ha'mlin" in' a fe\y feeling words, and then the | Hbuse silently and reverently"' placer ' it on the records. - - — ■ The. next business, that strikes us is the Premier's statement 'of 'tbe fet'm'atinn of the Ministry. A|r. offers good wishes atd support in the furtherance of ~ business," and does it handsomely. . After- which .the.>, Premier reciprocates, and/then there is a little.banter between, the leaders with a' 1 file fire ! of commfeht ■ i rojto-' Botli sides, -It is the polite aaluto of this fencers before they.engage. •. i'ulu'i bili , Thereupon, the ait v tjje r Hquse. goes. to work with a.wil}*,, Honourable members are evidently, ' blue? moulded ' for want' 'of wprE.* They pour in petitions, ln6Uces;.l.i6cmotion, notices of question; 'withvarvigour and persistency unparalleled by anything evfer'see'nion. ; an I . r 6pening doy. All the fifty appear to be either on their. feeKftKoncaqr : -a,nxiQusly preparing to jump up. -J.wf The Hon G. F. Richardson reads his question about the Public Works