RE-OPENING OF VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT—THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3631, 2 March 1883, Page 3

RE-OPENING OF VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT —THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH.

NO-CONFIDENCE MOTION IN MINISTRY PROPOSED—DEBATE ADJOURNED. COMPOSITION OF THE NEW VICTORIAN MINISTRY. THE CRICKET MATCH BETWEEN ENGLISHMEN AND AUSTRALIANS ABANDONED. JURY IN A MURDER CASE UNABLE TO AGREE. AN ACTRESS RECOVERS £900 TOR BREACH OF CONTRACT. PROPOSED CONFERENCE ON COLONIAL POSTAL UNION. RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN MELBOURNE. THE AUSTRAL SUCCESSFULLY FLOATED. MELBOURNE. Thursday. Parliament was formally opened to-day by His Excellency the Governor, who, in his .speech on the occasion, stated that it was imperative that the House should proceed at once to the discussion of the estimates to provide means for carrying on public works which have already been sanctioned. The speech then congratulated members upon the favorable condition of the colonial finances, which showed a steady increase in the revenue. It was announced that the present session would be short, and that the next session would commence after Easter, when bills would be introduced to amend the land laws, for railway construction, and for the amendment of Water Conservation Acts, and that every effort would be made to press forward these measures. In the Legislative Assembly this evening , the debate upon the Address in Reply to thu speech from the throne was commenced. Mr James Service moved an amendment, and proposed a vote of want of confidence that the Ministry did not possess the confidence of the House. The motion was seconded by Mr Graham Berry. The Hon. Thomas Bent, Commissioner of Railways, thereupon moved the adjournment of the House until Tuesday next, the Oth instant, and after some further remarks the motion was agreed to, and the House then adjourned. This clay. It is understood that Mr Berry and Mr Service have agreed that each should select three colleagues in the new Ministry. The proposod final Anglo - Australian cricket match has now been definitely abandoned. In the trial of Bums tor the "Wickclift'e murder the jury have been unable to agree, and have been discharged. Emily Melville, the well-known actress, has recovered £900 from Williamson and Games for breach of contract. The Postmaster - General proposes that the colonies should hold a conference on the question of forming a general postal union. An accident occurred at the Flindersstreet railway station at 1 o'clock this morning. A goods train ran into and smashed an unteuanted passenger train. Three men engaged in cleaning the latter were slightly injured.