The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-05-10
DUKE OPENS THE
FIRST PARLIAMENT
Ceremonies at Melbourne At
tended by Brilliant Scene.
MESSAGE FROM KING
MEMBERS OF BOTH HOUSES ARE
YET TO ELECT OFFICERS


Melbourne, May 9-The opening of
-1he 6rst federal parliament which took
place at noon was a most impressive
ceremony The, capacity of the exhib-
ition building,a the scene Of the. cers
monyy as Z. GOO people bat the azailah BE
space was taxed to the atnaosts The
decorations consisted of regimentaI
standards. trophies Of arms and floral
festoons.
The doors were opened to ticket hold
ers at 9 O'Clock this morning and BY
IL o'clock the auditorium was filed. eSs-
eept the royal dais. This was located
beneath the great dome. 1t held, a sin
gle row Of chairs. the largest in the
center, being surmOunted by a small
gold imperial crown. The Whole was
esefhunS with the royal standard. In
Lf0nL OF the royal chair was a. small
taple on rWl9ch was a telegraph key,
by which the Duke of Cern4an and
YORK was to fash the opening signal
JnrouShQQt, the. comunonWealth when
the Onion Jack Mas to be simultane-3
ousiy raised IN every settlement of yhe.
The majority of the audience was
composed of W0men, mostly clad in
TlauVe-colored. costumes, but many OF
thsni- We're dfessedSin white. Brilliant
scattered groups of army and navy
UNIFORMS gave color to the scene.
Facing the dais was a slightly raised
platform, where seven rows OF chairs
tcconplnodated the, members of the
commonweaIth parliament The lofty
north tranSept was devoted. to tFfe mem
bers Of the state pariiaEnents. East and
west of the dafs were grouBed the min
lSJerlal stars. Ihe remainder of the
han and the galleries were sacked
with a we'll dressed. earnest; exBeetant
tRe ante meridian hour with operattc
Was Brilliant AssembIege.
he audience was a marvellousIy
varied and Interesting gassemblageg red
robed. white wfgged Judges, Speakers
Wtgged and gov ned similar TO the
speaker Of the British house Of com
mons; British and foreign military AMI
naVai unirorfns' bishops and clergy 0f
canonlcals and court uniforms con-
Lrasued Win khakl-ciaq sc9lonial Of
HcerS. surrounding 81 was q mass OF
civilian spectators OF all ages, the
Wh9ie formlng memorable spectacle,
- ne I9FTnal PROCEEDINGS were. begun
A. li.54 a. M. with the reading Of
the proclamation slIilmpnlng the SEN
ate and representatives. Noon was
signalized by fanfare Of trurnpets
from the military band outside
he royal party then entered and
was conducted 70 the dais. the, orches-
ira playing ehe national anthem. Bhe
Duke OF Cornwall and York Wore an
admiEaI s uniform, with the ribbon Of
the order Of the garter, Tie. Duchess
Of CornWall and York and. LsldY Hope
tom wife Of the governor general. the
Earl Of HopetOun. and the WOMEN 81
the suites all wore black
The duke, through the black rod
then summoned the. two houses in ac-
cOrdance with the strict fermula Of
the British parliament and ne mem
bers fled In The hundredth psalm was
sung With all present Standing, and
the Earl of Ffopetauu read prayer
after which the Duke or Cornwall and
York made a Lengthy address ana de-
Clared parliament open. lie referred To
the wishes Of the late queen who he
fore her death, signed his eoHTpiss ion
TO open paplianleft.
lie paid tribute 6the generous aid
rendered by the colonies IN the south
AFRICAN war, 5he splen5id bravery Of
the troops AMI the services of the
squadron IN China and expressed the
interest taken By King Edward VII
in the Australikn peop3e It was his
"a rRest prayer that the union, 50 hap
ply achieved would prove an rITstrIf-
ment Tor the further advancing Of the
welfare Of the Australian subjects of
empire
Prolonged cheering greeted the con-
clusiep- Of the speech which was re-
pewed when a telegram from King
Edward was read. as follows
Ny thoughts are with you 1pon. this
august occasion. I wish the common
wealth Of Australia every happiness
and. prosperity
The members then took the oath and
subscri bedftheir names to the roll. AT
the teonclusion of this Deremony the
Earl of Hopetoup DISMISSED them to
the4f respective houses 20 elect. OFFICERS.
The entire audience .thereupon rose
as the first bars If the hallelUjah
s4al1 ms Cn0ruS WAS sung Dy an. opera
company RLIie, Britannia followed
ann. hnal{ye the assenhlage Joined il
singing God Save the King. A
fresh blare Of trHlnpets followed, the
royal party retired sEld the ceremony
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