CABLE NEWS.
OPENING OF THE GRRMAN PARLIAMENT. i'BSDTKB S TELEai'.AHo. i London, 17th November. Per Merchant .Shipping and Underwaters' j Association: — ATrived— Ships Sarah Scott, from Lyttelton (Slid Angn t), and As3et, froni the Bluff (4th August). Berlin, 17th November. The two Houses of the Imperial Parliament—the Bunde-rath and the Keichstasf— were opened to-day. 'Ihe speech from the Throne was read by Prince Bismarck, in the absence of the b.mperor. ti'u Majosty'B Address stated that th« peace of the Empire was sur*-r now than it had been at any time during the last decade. It announced that the present economic fiscal policy of the country -would be firmly adhered to, and concluded by stating that a scheme of iasurauce for workmen would be instituted, with a view to improve th« latter's welfare, and counteract the growth of Socialism in the Empire.
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Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 120, 19 November 1881, Page 2
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141CABLE NEWS. Evening Post, Volume XXII, Issue 120, 19 November 1881, Page 2
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