The Gisborne Standard AND COOK COUNTY GAZETTE Published every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Morning.
Saturday, June 22, 1889.
Bo just and fear not; Let all the ends thou airn’at at be thy country s, Thy God’s, and truth’s.
OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. Beyond the ordinary platitudes that seem to be inseparable from a speech of the Crown, Lord Onslow’s address at the opening of Parliament contained but few items of interest, but nevertheless in what little was thus contained, there is much to give cause for satisfaction. We are informed that a great improvement has taken place in the colony’s prospects, and there are encouraging signs that the improvement which has taken place will continue. Confidence is being restored in the resources of the colony, and the colony’s credit is going up in the London market. It might indeed go up a lot and not be at the level at which it ought to be. The Government recognise the advantage of judicious outlay upon remunerative works, but acknowledge the necessity for restricting the expenditure on works that are not remunerative. If such a statement is made more than a profession it will be well for the colony, but we know that there is not a great deal of value to be placed on what is contained in such speeches. The enterprise of the inhabitants of Otago is commended in relation to the Exhibition to be held in Dunedin. Our own opinion of that affair is not very high ; still it is best that colonists should try and pull together, and make the best of things as we find them. The Speech makes a reference to the gratifying way in which land is being taken up for settlement. A Bill will be submitted for making the House of Representatives elective under the Hare system. This proposal will provoke much discussion. The Bill will also make amendments as to the qualification and registration of electors, and for purging the rolls. A Bill dealing with the Civil Service is to be presented ; we have heard so much before, and seen so little done, in regard to the classification of the Service, that we do not place much reliance on any greater success being attained this session. A Bill dealing with the management of hospitals and the distribution of charitable aid is to be presented. Something of the kind is badly wanted. Still there is the fear that tampering with the present Act will only make matters worse. An amendment of the Property ..Assessment Act is _tpj?e submitted.' Other measures to be introduced will be Bills dealing with the law of copyright in New Zealand, for consolidating and amending the law relating to patents and trade marks, for regulating the registration of medical practitioners and constituting a Medical Council, for improving the mode of reoisteringtransfers of personal property, and for consolidating and amending the laws of bankruptcy.
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 315, 22 June 1889, Page 2
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482The Gisborne Standard AND COOK COUNTY GAZETTE Published every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Morning. Saturday, June 22, 1889. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 315, 22 June 1889, Page 2
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