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Evening Post, Volume LX, Issue 116, 13 November 1900, Page 4

.LOCAL AND GENERAL: - - «♦ It is within the range of possibility, said 1 the Premier last night, that the Duke of York may open the Parliament of New Zealand next session. He had," h© continued, been carefully noting the time when his Royal Highness was to reach Australia. He would arrive there in April, May would have arrived before he had done justice to those colonies, and he would probably be coming over here towards the end of May. Parliament oould be opened a month earlier than usual, and if matters could be so arranged it would be found that Parliament was equal to the occasion. The acquirement by the Government from Mr. M'Gullough of the 1200 acres at Trentham used occasionally by the New Zealand' Rifle Association is evidence of the Government's interest in volunteering, and will result in great convenience to volunteers. The ground will be used for camping, class-firing, and other purposes. There is • a trench suitable for 25 targets, and with the construction of a railway siding from Silverstream, thereby saving a march from the latter station, our volunteers will be provided with a ground that will prove a valuable and convenient aid W them in their training. ! Mr. Bellringer, a leading resident of New Plymouth, who has just returned from a -visit to Great Britain, states that while in London he was particularly struck with the , absence of anything in the Agent-General's office to indicate vie products of the colony. At the Imperial Institute, too, he was much surprised to find that the New Zealand exhibits were relegated to a space about 10ft. square, andi consisted of a small sample qf flax, a few pieces of wood, and a bundle of' wool. He saw nothing that indicated that any steps were being taken to push the colofly on.