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FEDERAL COUNCIL.
O P E N IN G C J E K 8Y O N Y .
, W ednesday, J and aey 27.
TJie sevrfi^i session o f th e F ederal
C ouucil of A u stralasia watt form ally
opened a t noon to-day b y H is Excel*
iency th e G overnor, b u t d id no t a ttra c t
a very great am ount o f p u b lic interest.
A bout 60 GO ladies a tten d e d , thoir
presence tending to enliven t i c a p pearance
of th e A ssembly C ham ber.
A ffuaid nf honor from th e Eiflo B estm
e at n o d e r com m and o f C sptain
'Y & tchom , the Q ueen’* colors b rin g
c arried by L ieutenant W estb n -o k , were
d raw n u p outside th e m ain entra n ce , and
a U ra c trd a ’email g a th erin g o f th e public
H is E xcellency left G overn m ent H ouse
a t a bout 20m ‘iuuicp to 12 o’clock, a salute
from th e Q ueen’s B a tte ry announcing the
tact. H is Excellency p rtc c e d id 10 tlie
K x m itiv e Council C h a m b e r a t the
P u ld ic Buildings, «*hcn tb o lV csldcnt of
thcO i.uucil ilio n . ftir J o h n Forrest) was
preNei.tcd and duly c o n trs tu la ie d
l lie P b ikident 'oyk th e c h air a t 12 2
o 'e b e k , und iaituedi^tely a fte r w ird s the
Ufdier id ariondtncc (M r A JtoeLer) an*
nounced the approach o f H is ExcelU-nuy
tiie G overnor
T b e Governor e ntered th e C lu m b er
and took his »eat, being a tten d e d by the
P riv a te Secretary, th e Com m andant
(0<lohel Cox, C .B ). C sp ta in P a rk er,
H .N ., and M ajor W allacfc.
H is E xcbllkscy deliv ere d tbe follow*
• ■ j, • srEBcn.
^lu-PBBSIDfiNT AND LIoSOBABLB Mu*!-
nuafl OF THE F e d f & a l Cot'KCIL o r
ADflTRiLAflU.
In ficcordance .w ith th e A c t of the
Im p eria l P arliam ent w hich estab lish es a
F e d e ra l Council fo r A u stralasia , and
upon th e advico of y o u r S tan d in g Comm
i: tee, I summoned y o u to m te t here
y e sterd a y
I am informed th a t copies o f four
Hill* nav© been tT ansm itU d to the
C hairm an o f. the 8 ta n d in c Com m ittee,
b u t th a t the requisite notice lias cot
been given in r e g tr d to them , and
special leave of the C ouncil w ill th e re ­
fore be necessary to en ab le jo o to c o n -
sidor them .
T h e report of tb e S ian d in g Comm
ittee will L>e subm itted id doe course,
and will doubtless pro v id e m a tte rs for
your consideration and discussion.
T h is Council coi.tm ui’S up to tb e pre-
M*uf tim e to be the on ly in stitu ti. n in
A uN tralana having a u th o rity to legislate
for nw re (ban one colony, and I tru st
(b at its labors during ihe prc-^eut aetsic.n
I produce further p rc « ‘ i.f its u tility ,
and of torge and increasing booifils
«lii(*li all (Jir A ustrai«si*n colonies m a r
e xpert 10 derive from n F e d e ra l U nion in
which they aTe a I represents i.
I now diC hre (In* aesnoii o f the
Fiu'-’ral Council opened.
SIGNING TflE ROLL.
T lie H ot,, a lf b b d D e a k in . M .L.A .
(Y ietoria), and H oo. M r (Y jn th o b p r
HacxRTr, i f . h a (VTcMern A u-trfiliu),
sigucd llie roll and look th e ir s e its.
riPFBS.
M r T. ,T. B ybnks laid on ifae table
A rt of th e P arliam ent ©f Q ueensli
reto rrin a certain m atters to trie Federal
C ou'icd.
t ir J ames L ee S rta o E ta b led an s e t cf
tb e P arliam ent o f V/vi-iirii Au&tr,
also referrin g certain xn&Ut?r> ty
F e d e ra l <'ouucii,
PRESENTATION OF DBXSlrENT.
T he P r e s id e n t reported thnf, accom ­
panied by certain m em ber?, l-.e l.ad at
te i.d ed nnd b?»*a present*xi (n Hi
E xcellency the G overnor, w ho had been
p c ag 'd to :itc him ©n 1
pointm o ta*< J're-iucsi. am j 1 , approo
f (he choice nin ie by t h r <5 ur.eil.
EEVOBT oy STANI'INO C VuiTTi.S.
£ ib G f o r g e TvutchR. cs < j; irm an (
th e iftoudiiig Cotm. pie i-rn trd a r,
port o f the Uojumi’fec siu re Jnsi m*eiin
of tb e Oouncil, which he moved n]io u!
be printed Carried.
THE GOVERNORS SI'KECJI-
'J he I ’r e s id , n t r< uortod the 3 -re rn o r'
ncil
m r J o u .v M u n i i r e m«,re d. “ T hat
& Setviri i om udrire l«o appointed t (,
l»n i> an Addre*^ i'.-Jfepiy to the Guvf-r
nor’s speech, hUcb Conuniitco to eociiht
<if tiir K. Broddon. H r H ucb N’oJuun,
•s ir J s m r s Lee S ucre, and ihe m over.”
T he morion w«t curried, and (he O- » -
m iiieo perm itted to retire to prcn-.rc tbe
so dress,
A lte r a brief absence Ibe Com m ittee
returned to (he ('hum bcr. nnd
> ia J o h n M c In tv c e presenloct the
Htidrcs?, w hich was r^cd by (be Jerk m
follows :—
M ay ; r F ik a se Yodb E x c e l l e n c t—
W e, the IV s it'e i.t and m em bers of ihe
F c d d M Council o f A u stralasia , bey to
ib a n k Y o u r Kxoellenoy f o r y o u r gracious
speech.
W e aro em ulated by tb e desire (o give
to such m atters as are b ro u g h t b.’fore u«
1bn fu lle st and nif st careful consideiation,
and w© sh a re with 5 o u r J*xcelJency (be 1
(r u s t tb»v llie labors of (b is scsrion w itj1
afford fu rth e r proof of th e beu-ilts (hst
L J^ on6 “ pecle<i t0 TeBflIt f r ‘,la » * > d e ra |
W e to express to Y o n r Kxcellsooy
o u r conlinued feelings o f loyally
lo H erG raciouN M njesiy t ’-.e Q ueen.
8jr J M cJn tv b e , in m o rin a tbo s<J.
d rrss , congm tulated tbe lT . sid,ent on I is
appointm ent; referring lo th e sym pathy
fttiown by W estern A iiklralia m tbo
Fed«Tal movement cvor sjocu its in itia ­
tion, and he expressed tb e p 'e ae u re of ibe
L oan oil a t th e wave of pro sp erity w hich
pasfing over W estern A ustralia. He
paid a w arm trjhule lo tb e m em ory >-f ih e
i,,,n * ir Ja m es i'aiterso u , w hose place bo
filled in the O uuncil. H e was
pleased tb a t V ictoria sh o u ld have been
' highly favored av lo have one o f
reprcsentaiives BeUctod to m ove
th e / ddress-ir..R eply, nnd h e thanked
him fo r th e honor done to him .
ucb occasions be h a rd ly saw the
u tility of these speeches a u d addresses
in. rep ly . Tie allude^ to tfae extraordinary
positron he now oeeupied siltin g cheek
b y y w l w i l h the L eader of th e Minis*
troiiii [Arty in V ictoria, w hen it was only
th e o ther day he was ib e cheek and his
friend the juw l H ow ever, th w «faa**d
th e existence of a tru ly F e d e ra l sp irit in
th e Cou/.cil* and wfaj,^ (h ey m ig h t
ia v e tim e fay n o t havin g
A ddress * iu • llej/ly, how ever, U1.
congfA lulaled them upon tbe F e d e ra l
sp irit b rerth e d iu the a d d re rs T he ex*
prerei>>nsof lo y a ltj to H e r M ajesty th e
Queoti « e re exceedingly apropos, end ho
liopca thaj/eiucere addresses o f cougratula
tio u w ouU be sent to H e r AJi je.-iv on
Ihe com pletioL of the six tieth y e a r o f her
re ig a . H© alluded to (be p reparations
m ade (o r a grand
dem onstration
e P re m ie rs
th a t
octasiou.
T h
th e
various
colonici
w ilh
( b iir
la d ies
bad been
in v
ited to
p rese n t a t th e Stoat dem onstration
L ondon. H e had only one regret,
th a t point, aud (h at was th a t th e Lenders
o f th e O pposition ftitli th e ir ladies had
nol be<n inriu-Jedin llie invitation. H o
re fe rre d -to Uie im portance o f H Cr
M fcjeaty’s O pjxuitiou, a n d bopt-d the in*
tita tio u s to leaders would b e isiu cd , aud
tb a t tb e P arliam ents w ould he adjourned
fo r six m onths (o e n ab le them to
a tte n d . H e Alluded to th e proceedin
g s o f th e last F e d e ra l Convention
e n d re g re tte d th a t Q ueensland was not
ft filin g (o jo in in th e com ing CoDvon.
tlo n ,im d he read from a speech m ade far
S i r H u g h N clsin . H o c o u ld not fell
w hy Q ueensland would not trome io
biB H u g h H i t w 1 W hy is n o t N ew
ooQ iii alee ropresenled here P
B ir J o w r M o lE rrB E j N ow S outh
W ale s bad never been represented m th e
F e d e ra l Couocri, but Q ueonriaod b a d
to k e n p a rt in th e U s t C onvention
a n d h e oould n o t u n d e rstan d
vrbat good reason e W .d prevent Qneene*
i^ u d £ o © |o in jo g in tb e C o n te m io ^
H e w oQld g ladly j«iu in any arrange*
tu e n t th a t w ould induce Qu<en&jend to
to m e in. A s to How tloutb W ale s a n d
th e F ed eral Coaocil, j t w as to be re*
g retted th a t this colony h a d perBislonlly
sto o d o u t, fo r lie ft an su re every con*
sid e ratio n h a d been show n to th a t g re a t
colony, su d p erhaps t b t j w ould have
d o n e b e tter w ork in th e C ouncil had
th e y n o t fceon so anxious lo avoid
offence to H ew S outh W ales. H e
re g a rd e d South A ustralia as a pueale in
th e .t&altor, au d bo Kopcd sh e w ould u ltim
a tely jufai, so th a t (hey m ight lmve a
c i iu p lc te F ederation, t i e reic rre d to th e
m otions tabled by M r B yrnes and re*
m a rk in g upon them expressed th e hope
t h a t h e w ould w ithdraw a t least th e resolu
tio n referrin g to Jeder&I q uarantine. A s
representing the V ictorian F e rlia m eu t
a n d people th e y w ould be bound to
oppose th a t resolution. H e b e ­
lie v ed tb o F ed eral C cuucil h a d done
good w ork in tb e pest. T hey
imd encuUregcd a strung feeling in favor ,
u fF c d eta sio n and had done much to pave
tb e way for th e g rea ter F ederation w hich
th e y a ll desired, h e fc rrm g io the coming
conference o f P rem iers, be (bought ibey
b a d dou** a gocd ibiug in nobblm g M r
K eid in Now c o u th W.atos, and w hile it
w as a pityP rerm er'fi Uonfcrences clariicd
u i h th e F ederal Council, b u t he th o u c b t
su c h conferences w ould do good. H e
hoped good w ouid r e m it from ib r it delib
e rau o u s, and be had tnueh pleasure in
m .v in g th e A ddress in-H eply. (H oar,
hear.)
I he P c e sid s n t left th e c h air u n til 2,30
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