THE COMMONWEALTH.

Otago Witness, Issue 2456, 10 April 1901, Page 16

THE COMMONWEALTH.

LONDON", April 2.

The King has assented to the Victorian Act prohibiting members of the State Parliament from sitting in the Federal Paihament.

April 4.

The Admiralty are asking America to send the Brooklyn, the flagship on the China station, to Melbourne for the opening of the Fedeial Parliament.

April 6,

The American battleship Brooklyn has sailed from Manila to represent America, at the opening of the Federal Parliament. SYDNEY, April 2. The Governor-General (Lord Hopetoun) has left for

Apiil 3. The Fedeiul Ministers assemble w Mcl-

{ bournf at the end of next week, when the

[ procedure for the opening of Parliament will be arranged. Sir Richard Baker, of Adelaide, is a j candidate for the Piesidency of the Senate. April 4. Mr Blackmore, Clerk of the South Australian Parliament, has been appointed Clerk to the Senate, and Mr Jenkins, Clerk to the Victorian Assembly, has received ! the temporary appointment of Clerk of the House. April 5. The Federal Government have received intimation that Germany will be represented at the opening of the Federal Parliament by the warships Hansa and Cormoran. The former is coming specially from the China station. Russia will be represented by M. Gromsboi, and America by either the New York or Brooklyn. April 7. Mr Fegan, State Minister of Mines, has ■*been appointed Federal Under-secretary for Home Affairs. MELBOURNE, April 2. Sir John Quick is a candidate for the Speakership in the Federal House of Parliament. Lord Hopetoun, the Governor-General, received an enthusiastic welcome on arrival. ADELAIDE, April 3. The Hon. F. W. Holder has decided to become a candidate for the Speakership in the Federal House of Representatives. WELLINGTON, April 3. It has been arranged that the New Zealand contingent for the opening of the Federal Parliament shall embark at Lyttelton.