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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1895

426 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 12 of 22

The Electoral Campaign. Mr. Reid's Speech. Reform of the Council. Limiting the Number of Members. and Reducing Their Term. Preserving Self Government. Work for the Unemployed. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 2 July 1895 · page 2

The ministerial campaign opened yesterday, when Mr. Reid delivered the Government manifesto. He proposes reform in the constitution of the Upper…

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Legislative Council, Parliament House, Tuesday night

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 July 1895 · page 3

In the Council the, Hon. Dr. Garran moved to suspend the standing orders to permit of the passage of the Loan Bill in all its stages in one day…

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The Recalcitrant Council Reject the Electoral Bill. and Refuse to Consider the Loan Bill. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 3 July 1895 · page 3

The Legislative Council last night by 35 to 9 declined to suspend the standing orders to pass the Loan Bill through all its stages in one day…

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Legislative Council. Parliament House

National Advocate · Thursday 4 July 1895 · page 3

In the Council the President announced the death of Mr. R. Burdett Smith. The Loan Bill was received from the Assembly and read a first time, and the…

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The Council's Rejections for the Past Three Years

National Advocate · Thursday 4 July 1895 · page 3

The Hon. C. A. Goodchap: One of the Government methods is to lay on the table of the Assembly a return showing the number of bills which have…

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In Parliament. Glebe Island. Technical Education. the Franchise. Centennial Park Rations. Struggling with the Loan Bill. the Bill in the Council

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 4 July 1895 · page 2

In the Assembly yesterday, Mr. Young (Minister for Public Works), in reply to Mr. Schey, said the board appointed to inquire into the matter of the…

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The Political Situation. Copeland As a Critic. Record of Work Attempted and Done. Preparing for the Fray. the Disfranchised Electors. Dissolution Shortly. Polling Day Expeoted 27Th. the Government and the Labor Leagues. the Council in a Better Temper. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 4 July 1895 · page 2

Mr. Copeland, speaking at Armidale yesternight, said that Mr. Reid's proposals for Upper House reform were Hilly enough to disgrace a fourteen year old sohool boy…

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In the Council. the Reform Motions. the Obstructive Forty

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 5 July 1895 · page 2

In the Legislative Council Mr. Want (Attorney-General) said the Government intended to place a bill upon the table of the House with reference to a reform of the…

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41 to 3. Council Passes Loan Bill with Alterations. Disturbance in the Assembly. Parliament Closes

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 5 July 1895 · page 2

The resolutions for the reform of the Upper House on the lines recently propounded by tho Premier wore rejected on division by 41 to 8, after a most boated discussion, members…

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In Parliament. Victoria Barracks. Hours of Varders. Coalmines Commission. Railway Overtime. Polling Day. Waiting for the Council

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 5 July 1895 · page 2

In the Assembly yesterday, Mr. Brunker (Colonial Secretary) in reply to Mr. Fegan, in the absence of Mr. Storey, said the land at Paddington occupied by the…

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Reform of the Legislative Council. Constitution of the Legislative Council

National Advocate · Saturday 6 July 1895 · page 3

The following is the text of the Ministerial proposal for the reform of the Legislative Council :—1. Life tenure of existing members of the…

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The Loan Bill. Stripped by the Council. and Laid Aside by the Assembly

National Advocate · Saturday 6 July 1895 · page 2

The Legislative Council on Thursday night dealt with that iniquitous Loan Bill on second reading. Having stripped the measure of a large number of…

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Colonial Judges and the Privy Council

National Advocate · Tuesday 9 July 1895 · page 2

The House of Commons has passed the bill enabling colonial judges to occupy seats on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council…

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2nd Edition The World Mr. Reid's Plans. the Argus, of Melbourne, Describes Them As Sensational. It Says He Cannot Reform the Council, and Is Only Trying to Degrade It. Melbourne

National Advocate · Tuesday 9 July 1895 · page 3

The leading paper is discussing what it describes as Reid's sensational plans. The Argus (freetrade), in a leading article, says that, politics have taken the…

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Borough Council. Wednesday, July 10Th, 1895

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 11 July 1895 · page 2

Present: The Mayor (Alderman Bassett), Alderman Halliday, Simmons, Ennis, James, and Hurst. STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS…

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Freetrade Council Manifesto. the Premier's Activity. Bitter Feeling in Sydney. Labor Party on Parkes. the Tamworth Seat. 314 Candidates for 117 Seats. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 22 July 1895 · page 2

The Freetrade Council has issued a manifesto urging the electors to throw their heart and soul into the fight to secure a grand triumph for the people and hasten the returs…

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Appointments to Council

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 24 July 1895 · page 2

In a letter to the Herald yesterday Mr. Bruce Smith says: "Six months ago Mr. Reid nought an interview with me, and, when we at last met, be explained that he and his…

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Payment of Members. Appeal to the Privy Council. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 24 July 1895 · page 3

An application in the Full Court to-day for leave to appeal to the Privy Council for the decision in the payment of members case was ordered to stand…

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Bruce Smith on Reid. Electors, rend the following from the Herald:—THE Premier and the Legislative Council

National Advocate · Wednesday 24 July 1895 · page 2

Sir,—Now that Mr. Reid has had time to fully explain his views and intentions in regard to the constitution of the Legislative Council, it may be allowed…

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A Council Clerk Drowned

National Advocate · Thursday 25 July 1895 · page 2

Mr. Henry Plumley, for 18 years council clerk of Inverell, was accidentally drowned on Sunday morning…

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