CANADIAN PARLIAMENT

Evening Star, Issue 19775, 27 January 1928, Page 7

CANADIAN PARLIAMENT

OPENING CEREMONY SNOW SHOVELLED AWAY MANY NATIONS REPRESENTED. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. OTTAWA, January 26. (Received January 27, at 8.46 a.m.) Parliament was opened at 3 o’clock this afternoon with shovels. Sixteen inches of snow fell yesterday, followed by a sub-zero temperature. Greater pomp than ever marked the ceremony. Viscount Willingdon (GovernorGeneral) read the speech from, the Throne, with her Ladyship and party on the left of the Throne Many nations were represented by their Consuls, and the first Minister from the United States was present. Mr Amery was a spectator. Mr Bennet, the new Tory leader, was in his place. AUSTRALIAN BUTTER. EARLY DEBATE EXPECTED. OTTAWA, January 26. (Received January 27, at 10.10 a.m.) An early debate on the Australian Treaty is expected, following an attack yesterday by the president of the dairymen of Manitoba, who said that large quantities of Australian butter at the winter price made Canadian competition difficult. The increased bounty enabled the Australian product to be delivered at Vancouver at a transportation cost of three cents per lb and a total cost of 36 cents per lb. The transportation cost to prairie producers was three cents, and made competition on a parity. SPEECH FROM THE THRONE. OTTAWA, January 26. (Received January 27, at 9.30 a.m.) The speech from the Throne indicated that trade treaties between Canada and ‘ certain foreign countries ” would be submitted to Parliament, also the question of Canadian Ministers or plenipotentiaries to be sent to Paris and Tokio. No reference, however, was made in the speech to the Australian treaty.