New Zealand Gazette – 1914 – No. 59

Page 2509

✨ Parliamentary Opening Speech



Numb. 59. 2509

THE

NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

EXTRAORDINARY.

Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1914.

THE Fourth Session of the Eighteenth Parliament of New Zealand was this
day opened by the Governor, when His Excellency was pleased to make
the following

S P E E C H.

HONOURABLE GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,—

It is with sincere pleasure that I again meet you in Parliament assembled.
During the recess I have visited many parts of the Dominion, and have
noticed with pleasure the general contentment which obtains amongst all
classes. The settlers engaged in pastoral and agricultural pursuits are prosper-
ing, industries are flourishing, and the conditions of labour which exist in the
Dominion are in the main sufficient to provide reasonable comfort and happiness
for the prudent worker. It is gratifying to be able to congratulate you once
more upon the remarkable prosperity of the country. Trade, as evidenced by
the Customs returns, has been unexampled. The value of the exports from our
shores has reached an unprecedented height, and the imports represent in
money’s worth an amount never before equalled. On every hand there are signs
of advancement. Settlement of the land is progressing rapidly, development is
proceeding apace, and the Dominion is steadily becoming a country in which
the small holder predominates.

The intercourse which I have enjoyed with the people has served to
confirm my confidence in their loyalty to the Throne and devotion to our most
gracious Sovereign.

It is fitting that I should mention the loss sustained by Her Royal
Highness, the Princess Louise, in the death of her husband, His Grace the Duke
of Argyll. I cabled the condolences of my Government and the people of New
Zealand, and they have been duly acknowledged.

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🏛️ Opening Speech of the Fourth Session of the Eighteenth Parliament

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
25 June 1914
Parliament, Opening Speech, Governor, Prosperity, Trade, Exports, Imports, Settlement, Loyalty
  • Argyll (Duke), Deceased husband of Princess Louise
  • Louise (Princess), Mentioned in context of loss

  • Governor