The Commonwealth Parliament
On Friday, in the Senate, Senator O'Connor, the Vice-President of the Executive Council, moved that the Senate record its sense of the loss Parliament sustained by the death…
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Politics & elections, 1902
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Commonwealth Parliament. Yesterday, in the Senate
The Electoral Bill was further considered in committee. On Clause 190, constituting the court of disputed returns of a justice of the High Court and justice of…
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THE results, in chief, of the Queensland general elections, which were held on Tuesday, give the return of Government members at 42; and four…
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In consequence of the non-acceptance of office by Mr. J.W. Barde an extraordinary vacancy has occurred in the local Municipal Council, and it is announced elsewhere in…
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CONGRATULATIONS are deserved by the electors of Queensland upon their determination to keep in office the Philp Government with its programme of economy and the development…
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Although the returns are not complete, enough are available to show that in the Queensland General Election, which took place all over the State yesterday, the Government has secured a majority,…
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In the House, yesterday, Mr. Deakin, the Attorney-General, said that it was a question the courts would have to determine whether Federal members were subject to the…
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The course of Parliamentary procedure will be followed with peculiar interest during the present session. There used to be a good old rule in the House of Commons that "if…
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Yesterday, in tho Sonate, Senator O'Connor, the Vice-president of the Executive Council, announced that Mr Barton, the Prime Minister, intended to confer with the…
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Yesterday, in the Senate, The Electoral Bill was further considered in committee The amendment to lessen restrictions on the issue of voters' certificates was rejected. As also…
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CONTRARY to the expectation of some, the committee of the. Federal House of Representatives has rejected the duty proposed by the Government on ten. We regret the…
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Yesterday, in the Senate, A discussion in motion for adjournment was begun by Senator Higgs, who objected to the dispatch of another Commonwealth Contingent, but tho motion…
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On Friday, in the Senate, The Electoral Bill was further considered in committee. On Clause 190, constituting the court of disputed…
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At the instance of Mr. W. J. Bryan, the caucus of Democrats in the House of Representatives, has adopted strong pro Boer resolutions. Mi. Bryan hopes to makes the position of the Boers the main…
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Broadly, the result of the recent Queensland general election is that the state of political parties is unchanged. The country has not given Labour a majority; it has not denied…
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The Army Annual Bill has been passed…
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Yesterday, in the House. The tariff was further considered in committee Unrefinged molases was placed on the free list, and the duty on golden syrups was fixed at 3s per cwt…
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On Wednesday, in the House, Mr. Glynn (S.A.), presented petitions from residents of South Australia in favour of the conservation of the waters of the Murray and Darling rivers…
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A MEETING of the State Opposition was held on Tuesday, and twenty-eight gentlemen attended, Mr. Charles A. Lee, the Leader of the party, presided, and after discussion a…
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The election for the vacancy in the House of Commons in the representation of Wakefield, due to the succession of iscount Milton to the peerage as Earl Fitzwiliam, took place yesterday, and resulted…
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