N.S.W. PARLIAMENT.
OPENING CEREMONY. Received June 12, 10.35 p.m. Sydney, Tuesday. Parliament was opened to-day by the Governor in person, with the usual ceremonies. The Speech was as forecasted, with the addition that opportunity would be afforded to alter the franchise to adult suffrage. Sir J. P. Abbott regretfully resigned the Speakership owing to the state of his health. He expressed the opinion that he could not continue to give the House good setvice. A message from Mr Chamberlain was read conveying the grateful thanks of the Imperial Government for the generous assistance of New South Wales in the war. The colony's action had shown the world that the whole force of the Empire was available, and produced a lasting effect New South Wales and the other colonies had reason to be proud of the part they had taken, of their troops, and the success they had achieved.
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Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11560, 13 June 1900, Page 3
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148N.S.W. PARLIAMENT. Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 11560, 13 June 1900, Page 3
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