Federal Convention. Victory for the Larger States. N.S.W. Parliament to Sit. Adelaide
Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 April 1897 · page 2
FOR some time past the federal delegates have been playing the great game of bluff in regard to the terms on which their respective colonies would accept federation, but in the words of the hopeful…
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Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 April 1897 · page 4
A MEETING of the Cabinet is summoned for Friday next to consider the terms of the Governor's speech and arrange various other details in connection with the opening of Parliament, also to arrange about…
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Goulburn Herald · Friday 23 April 1897 · page 5
THE Premier and Mr. Carruthers return from Adelaide to-day, and this evening a meeting of the cabinet will be held, at which preparations will be made for the session of…
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Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 24 April 1897 · page 2
IT is probable that the session of Parliament which begins on Tuesday will be opened with a speech from the Governor, in which references will be made to the holding of the Federal Convention, the…
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The Yass Courier · Tuesday 27 April 1897 · page 2
A MEETING of the aldermen took place on Thursday evening in the Council Chambers, in order to elect a successor to ex-alderman Thos. Colls, who resigned the office of mayor…
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Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 28 April 1897 · page 2
THE third session of the seventeenth parliament of New South Wales was opened by the Governor at noon yesterday with the usual formalities. The following is the Governor's…
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Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 April 1897 · page 2
THERE has been some speculation amongst members in regard to the course which will be adopted in connection with the Commonwealth Bill when it comes up for consideration in the New…
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Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 April 1897 · page 3
Wellington, Friday.—At an election for a school committee at Motupiko, near Nelson, a quarrel which arose over a teacher was carried to such a length that a free fight with pickhandles and sticks…
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Goulburn Herald · Friday 30 April 1897 · page 2
ON Wednesday the Council proceeded to Government House and presented his Excellency with the address-in-reply to the opening speech. His Excellency suitably…
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Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 5 May 1897 · page 2
IN the Legislative Assembly yesterday Mr. Reid laid the Convention Bill on the table. Mr. McElhone called attention to the betting nuisance, which he said had become…
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Goulburn Herald · Friday 7 May 1897 · page 3
ON Wednesday in the Legislative Council only formal business was transacted, and the house adjourned. In the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday…
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Goulburn Herald · Monday 10 May 1897 · page 2
Early on Friday morning a motion granting the Assembly three mouths' supply was carried by 49 votes to 18. Mr. Reid moved as a matter of urgency that…
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Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 May 1897 · page 4
The Opposition raised a debate in the House of Commons last night upon the policy of the Government. Mr. H. Asquith, late Home Secretary, and Mr. John Morley, prominent members of the…
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Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 12 May 1897 · page 2
YESTERDAY in the Assembly, Mr. Parkes moved the second reading of the City and North Shore Tunuel Bill, and, after discussion, the debate was adjourned to…
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Goulburn Herald · Friday 14 May 1897 · page 5
On Wednesday Mr. Barton took his sent in the Council and was received with unusual cordiality and warmth. The attorney-general took the unusual…
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The Yass Courier · Friday 14 May 1897 · page 2
Mr. David J. Lynch was elected alderman (unopposed) for O'Brien Ward, on Tuesday last. Alderman Lynch took his seat for the first…
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Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 19 May 1897 · page 2
In the Legislative Assembly yesterday the adjournment of the house was moved by Mr. Haynes for the purpose of asking the government to consider the death sentence passed…
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Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 19 May 1897 · page 2
It is probable that the plans for the new houses of parliament will be materially altered coo they are finally passed as satisfactory. The suggestion of an expert that the proposed…
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Goulburn Herald · Friday 21 May 1897 · page 3
On Wednesday in the Council the house proceeded with the further consideration of the Assembly's message in reference to the Council's amendments in the public roads bill…
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Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 May 1897 · page 2
Election riots have occurred at Bosnzaezi, in Hungary. The mob was fired upen by the military, the result being that 14 persons were killed and 30…
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