AUSTRALIAN.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5250, 20 June 1888, Page 4

AUSTRALIAN.

*. ■ JPEB PBBS3 ASSOCIATION.—COI'.EIOUT.J (Received Juuo 19, 10 p.m.) VICTORIAN'PARLIAMENT. MeXißOUbne, June 19. Parliament was opened this afternoon. The Governor's speech uongrutulatcdParliiiment on tho continued prosperity of the oolony. The measure providing for the improvement of the defences would be continued. It was hoped that a cartridgo factory would soon be established to supply Australia with ammunition. Proceedings, he added, were being taken to give effect to the Chineso conference. The necessity of a revision of tho tariff was being felt, and a proposal would be submitted to enlarge the area of native industries. Bills would be introduced to provide increased care to prevent the introduction of diseases to vines and other plants, and to* improve facilities for the suppression of rabbit". Tho death of the German Emperor was alluded to. It wn* stated that at no time since the city hud been foundtd was prosperity so marked.

The colony's credit was higher than over, nnd the revenue more elastic. All the local industries were on a successful footing. THE TROUBLE IN QUEENSLAND. . Brisbane, June 19. All the foreigners at Normanton, including French,' Italians, Spaniards, Chinese, and negroes, were placed on a hulk in the harbor for safety from tbe infuriated Englishmen. A party of horsemen scoured tho country and drove back like cattle forty colored persons who had fled from the town, and theso were also placed on the hulk. A perfect panic prevailed for some tim_, but affairs are vow quieting down.