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THE PARLIAMENT.
LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
TUESDAY, JUNE 14.
The PRESIDENT took the chair at 2 o'clock.
THE NEW MINISTRY.— MOTION FOR ADJOURN-<*>
MENT.
The CHIEF SECRETARY (Hon. J. G Ramsay)
eaid—Sir, as I bave a statement to make I will pot
myself in order by moving that tfae Council at its
rising adjourn autu July 5. In doing so I srill fol
low np the statement made by tte Bon. Hr. Murray
(the hte Chief f ecretary) oo Thursday last, when he
informed tlie House ot t__e ?*. **-* Mif*'wt~y
Immediately alteiwards his Excellency ths Governor
Bent for the Hon. *'*-—' Piayford, who undertook
the taik of forming an adau_d_t_at_on. That was on
Thursdav at about noon On Friday afternoon Mr*.
Hayford handed in the list of his Goveinment for lus
KxceUe-cy's apf-oval, ami tbe Sliniso-y was sworn in
on Saturdav at neon Tbe names and posittonoW the
Govetnmeut aie se fellow :-Xfae Hon. T. Hayfcid,
Premier asd -j-aditw; the Hon. 0. CL Kingston,
A-torney-Gcneral; the Hon. Jeakui Oote, Com
mis-iontr rt Orown lands; the Hon. A-
Catt, Ccmni-iouer of tuhncWoUajmad
the Hon. J. O- **£?!**? *"****
of Education; and myself as Chief -Vcretary, iu
which capacity I represent tiie Government an this ,
Chamber* As very little tooe has elapsed since our
r _.?-??. we aat lhat tfae Council w_H grant-an ad
jo_m_*nt until July & It is well known that tas
UteHioi-try had Intended to ask for an adjoamment -
of one week ta the opening of the Bthibt-iop. aad it
was a*o intended to aire the Government officers a *
holiday daring that time, and then it would be
impotable that veiy much work ooald be done,
particularly as tbere will be a considerable number
ol visitor* from tiie other colonies. I then-tore bope
tfaat tfae Council win agree to the time a__ed for. At
this stage Ido aot think it is utmsssiy for me to go
iuitbu into particalssa. It is tba intension ol the
new Ulni-fay to go mrefuHy into the Isthoatea at the
- earliest moment, and to master tbe details of tfae
varkus measures which we -shall pr?po_e,a__t we
hope to come down on July 6 fully prtpared to goon
-with the bnsfaeee of tfae couatry- I maysaj* that
wh_nthebosintS6of thedayis called on I wfll move
that the fk^i-^*1 * cathe paif-TK-. tesd and diar^iirgeil,
so that they auy be brought oa again ahen bosiness
is resumed. ...
Tbe Hon. D. MDEBiT-I beg to second the
motion. It is u_~*al <m a diance of Ministiy to allow
a certain time to tfae new Government in Older to
bring lon-raid thdr im ssm iB, aad I am sure that tbia
privilege ought to be granted to the-present Ministry.
Withitgaid to the mover, who has Just taken h_ seat
as the leader of tfais Henee, I can <__ly say that be will
Dot receive any factio_Boppo6_tton from me, for I wiU
give him, as he has accorded to me in the past,
an lmt-utiil betting, ft -*_! be my duty, aa it
_ii_y_>__-a—_n,to treat torn witfa taimesi, and t
wiU accept e-verj thing fae bringa lorsraid oo its merits,
and deal with it as i& merits as attecJtng the publio
we_ar_ Ido not conceive that it is a proper thing
to regard tbe representative of the Government on
personal grounds, but In regard totte measure- whicb
oe introduces.
The ir"*.*"" was carried.
PRESENTATION OP -JMHL--8 IN REPLY TO
IBE OOV-E&NOB-S SPBKCH.
Tbe Ooundl adjourned at i.lO p.m. ior the purpose
Of presenting tbe address in reply to the Governor's
speech.
JUBILEE ADDKES3 OF OOSGBiTULATIOX TO
TfaE QUKCK.
On n turning from Govenuneot Home,
The ?B-K-* WOJCBMCSBft^Ban. TJ. ?. Baaasar)
moved lhat the foUoaring addieas be presented to tiie
Queen, tfae Oouncil remaining standing wfai__t tfae
address wss read :—
"TO tfae Queen's Host Excellent Majesty.—We,
your __?je£ty*B loyal and dutiful subjects, membosof
the Bouse of AseemHy of Sooth aastwHa in Parlia
ment asemUed, desire to approach your Majesty
srith aseotaoces of om loyally and sincere attach
ment Jta your throne and pr-y-*", aad to offerour
heartftlt congrstolations oa the completion of the
fiftieth year of your Majesty's beneficent re-go. We
humbly trust that It may please Almigbty God to
grant that you may long be spared to enjoy tbe
loyal attar-bment and devotion cf your .Majesty's sub
jects in alt parts of the empire."
So ?__-*??_. hart been saidexpaasive of loyal devotion to
the Queen that little renuincd for bim to say. How
ever, some of tte Ooaneal might tem_____eras tax back
as the time when the Qaeen was crowned, aad they
would kaow that < tte -utereeains S3 years faad been
yearn of pngress such as the* world hsd never pre
?rioosly known. Only a year befue the carnation
the first railway wsaapened, aad tte isap-Ovaent? in
loco-tot?a ted been aoooly auardlaoa. ia every
direotion, too, tfae too had bean one ot —-.Tt-nl
progias tteoagtaoot the wodd. Ite hist ay af
onr own colony was contempdrraeoas w_th tfaat
of the Qisscifa toga. (Hear, bar) The *?eeret
of faer Majesty's umiiiia ?s a rider was sfas oonsti
tntieaalattS-ades-Ucbateali-sr-ed in ter nUttm
to her _4n_t__sl advisers (Hear, bear) Ara wife
and a mother ste faad aet an example to the smu,
and in every csi?__tyA__h__l beea oaO-dapoa to fin
her career bad been ?qna?y l?'?iq*fiil (Hear, bear.)
After a reign ot SO years sbe was as mnch loved as
ever. In all comiprmities tten were persons who
took trp an antagonistic position to the ruling
authority, hot they were tmry a small rmnoritj*.
(Hesr, faear.) Tfae great mass of tfae people wae
enthusiastic in their devotion to the Queen.
lbe Horu D. MVBBAT mappatted the _-ioptio_ of
the address. The Legislative Council ought to joints
tbe nnivetssl cangnt-datiaas *af -the rest of faer
Majesty's snbjecta. Altboagli we wete tenon lam
tte centre ct the empire, yet oar d________pu__ut was
largely dependent upuai the pragrrssof tta empire as
a wbole, and we most fed, ite rt_n?sl interest in
tfae welfare cot only of Great Britain, but of the
monarch at its bead. We must inevitably shire in
tbe deep demrinq the pers??al -*t~-_——it alii li
wss lelt by htr n_je_ty'o BUbjevte to the ni-march who
had lultd to prosperously over that empire for 50
yean
Tbe Hon A. BAS would also strongly support the
motion. 7be address was brief, but ft was to the point.
He hoped tfaat tteQacai mirfat reign for many years
to ome over Urtac Britain and rfiif hrrsnmrqim
would be equally popular irtth the Britbh people.
Hemi-emb-red weU tfae rejokangs in ___ii-_a_gh at
tbe sacra ion of her .Majesty. Those rejoicings were
well founded, for tbe reigu that followed had been
lopg, ji-ac-I-J. and prosperous. During the sub
aequeci SO yeare tfae ptogrese of Australia had been
wonderful, and he hoped that tbe progress of the
next balf ueuUiry would be equally sati-ta-torv.
(Hear, bear.)
The Hon. M_ 8&LOM was deeply sensible of tbe
privilr ge which ensMwUdm to support tae presenta
tion of Uasadoreastoter Msjssty. It was a happy
inodrat ttat tbe Jubilee of tte Queen's reign and the
?_d__d__bment<_lt___re(j_ooy weseooeval He did not
bet_n-_t___re was aay portioaef tfae esapirewfaicb was
more ioyal or bad a creater respect for her Uajestv
thsnfieotfa AttstoSa. Her reign hsd been marked
by giant etrides In pnKtiral, aodal, and _H.ig_ms
matters. He felt deeply the great boon ?*___& had
been granted to tfae rase to whk* lie belonged, by
which all tte pniitissi oad sneial disabilities under
wbich tbey bad suffered were swept away. (Bear,
tear.) If it were not tor tbis te would not be there
tbat day. Thai fcowjpsst ted been tbe advance in
tte matter of education daring bar Majesty's reign
on advance wfaiefc ted pciiuraled tbe whole mass cf
On people. From Ids owa ptssoaal oootsot with
tte working classes be knew tfaat tfaey appreciated
tbe system, snd tfaat tfae compulsory clauses, which
at one time were t_oc_bt woald be dbaoiious. were
w__ogly snbmit—Bd to. He was sure ttat every mem
ber of tbe Qooncfl wotdd Join in the earnest widh that
the Queen __y tomg Hte ia passu aod teppimss to
direct her subjects in tte honorable part Kngland had
always maintained, aod ttet she migfat end her
glorious reign in the fatness ot tune when Goi should
call ber to ___en ina better sphere.
tte 800. fi. SOuTT had great pleasure in sup
porting tte motioa. The 0-iet Secretary had aaid
ttat Oreat Britain at tte time of ber Majesty's acces
sion was one ot the greatest nations in the world, bat
fae thought she was the greatest nation If that was
lhe case tten, bow macfa more waa it so aow. Itwas
eaid tint there were nations of superior military
power, hnt time was io tte Diititt Empire aobengtfa
wbicbethsrn?tift?silidpetiiiidi insert Taaliii_qglli
__at-_tinteraifa-_inffH--H__ater_Bpecta_iA_-i-aii_.es
entertained towards her Majesty as sreil as her govern
ment. Of coates ttey were aware that there were
two or tteee parties srith wlmse individual politics
they might not agree; bat Australians certainly, and
Booth Australians especially, were always on tfae side
_appor*__ng __r____<j_d£r which ooodosed to tte stfaty
an-l-iappine-sof tfaeempue. KvmliiUir |e?eentsnlm
tanateststaof things ia lniaod tbere ware Strang
Sympathisers wboleaned to ttat side. Srery member
of tfae Coancil no doubt fett pained at the evictions
and persooal sulferiDg? wbicb were caused, but in tbe
opinfcm of rfne-terafas of the British peo.-de those
eu-fermgs arose frcm Ite amortanate advice which
waa given by the Irs _n s o! the onfbrtuoate move
ment in Ireland. There were e-rrain people in tfae
oolony who woold differ from ttis *-ie<r. oat those
wbo were wrilnrm-rd by -arm eympuliy for their
fd_DW?oantiy__eaaoa__Biasa beoame malmntents—
not scainst ter MafoMf or tte form of govern
ment, but seainst those indindusls who happeoed
to form tte Ministry, and wfao fett compelled to adopt
flirting mnnrirr mratntu. He was mate that at all
large meetings io £oath Aostralia 999 of every 1,000
would gladly sing " Ood Save tlie Queen." In regard
to tte natter ct edacation no nation in the world
ooald surpass Gnat Britain. (On Hon. BC. Biker
"Tbe Oesn-ma") Tbey did not. (The Hon. B. C.
Baker—"Ob, try a long way.") During her Majesty's
reign Grot Britain bed always beene&e to hold her
own, not because ebe bad more soldiers, bot beoaose
there wasa knowledge of ttae faet tbat ia the ease of
national danger every man site to bald a mosket
would stand up to protect Ms uuuulry. He had never
beard of bat one troUnce where a person ventured to
eay a disloyal wotd agaitottbe Queen, and he via Im
mediately knocked down by a British man-of-wara-
The Bon W. AE WESZ-EBERBIE said a small
section of thf community might not loudlyexpress their
feelings of devotion to tte Queen, because it was so
difficult to diesesodste the individual from tte system
teprtanded, bot foe all that he l elt thst the loy__ty of
tbe people was practically noiversil (Hear, bear.)
Aa an Irishman, and fae was proud of it—(hear, bear)
—he aas aware tfaat tbere was great difference ot
opinion ssto ttedesuaUUtyof Home?ule He did
not believe that Parnell wished to mislead bis fellow
ooi-Otrjmen. He remembered the time wfaen O'Connell
was regarded much in tiie same light as Parnell now
was. O'Connell was before bis tune, aod so was
FarndL He was sore Parnell was distal-rested
in tbe efforts be made for Ireland. He could
not see wfay some modified form of Home Uule
ehould not be granted, and tbe jubilee year ? ould be
a happy time to grant it. The people of Ireland
would rejoice in such a measure Of tfi*p—? Bule as
£outh Australia posse__ed
The Hon. B. C BAKBB said everv one knew that
tbe people ot Fouth Australia were as loyal as auy
portion of her Majesty's subjects. (Hear, hear.) He
thought it was unfortunate that the Irish question had
been raised at ali by tfae Hon Mr Scott, but as tfae
only eoutfa Ao. tralian in tte Oniinr-I at the moment
be must express views directly oppoeed to those of
tbe Hi n. Mr. West-ErsMrie. He hoped no Home Bule
would be granted. (Die Hon. W. West-Brsktate —?? In
a modifiid form ") It would have to be modified out
td recognition. Ibe Irish people oontributed to the
army and Xbe navy and would expect to have a voice
in the matter, and
Tbe Hon. Mr. SALOM asked if the hoo. member was
in order?
The PRESIDENT—I think so
Ifae Hon. B. C. BAKRB woold not pursue the subj set
further. He vioold ody express Ma own feeliu^sof
devotion to her Majesty, and of admiration for the
bright and glorious example sha bod set her people.
(Hear, hear.)
Tbe Hon. H. E. BBIGHT could wdl remember the
ilst nf In i >Tnji nlj _i ni iieii'iji In llu thiniii Thejoy
tben fdt had been constant threas—out her M>jestv's
reign. He felt sore that ttat feeling would ccincuue
and increase. (Hear, bear.)
Tbe Hon J. PICKERING had never had the
pleasure of seeing any of the Boyal Family of Great
Britain till the honor was accorded him of permiaiiioa
asa member of the Legislature of-South Australia to
dine at tie same table witfa theDukeoKdiaixugb.
He would cordially support the adoption of the
address.
Xbe Hon. W. O. BUZZ mold faave been glad to see
*he addtiss more comprehensive. He wat mach
struck with the good taste displayed inthe address
presented by the Jews of the oolony. fle was quite
eure ttst no one who stood u a candidate for tbe
npr-M-ntstion of any district ia the cifany "Mil-i
fltaati the least choice of return if he expr___ei auy
disloyalty to the Oreww. (Hoar, hear.) Tbe feeling
of afitotionto the Queeo had been constantly in
creating throughout faer long and prosperous reign.
As to the onion of the -tnpire he felt sure thai the
feeling of tte majority was against any separate
rale for Ireland, though that was a subject on wbich
he did not desire to dwell in detail. He bad little
doubt tbat after a few years any differences of
opinion as to the desirability of onion would subside.
The Hon.-B. A. TaBLTOK had been present in
1671 at Washington when Americans had sunj
with fervor "God save the Queen" He bbped her
Majesty might live to see the fulfilment throughout
tbe world ottbe motto io her jubilee Bible,'- Peace o_
earth, goodwill towards men." (Hew, hew) Itwas
time that the peoples of the earth should be drawn
together and taught that tbey were ibe children of one
common Irfether. (Hear, bear )
The CHIEF SECtOStARV (Hon. J.O. Bamsuisaid
the entire freedom of speech allowed throughout
tbe Queen's dominions showed that the expressions
cf goodwill towards ber Majesty were spontaneous
and not servile. (Hear, hear.) He butted the Queen
wonld live Ions; and cujo\ mnch Lealth aad bsppi
utss. (Hear, hear.)
Carried.
ADJO-BNMEST.
The Council si 8.17 p.m. adjourned till Tuesday,
July f, at 2 p.m.
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