Irish Election Fun. Two Sets of Ballot Papers
An amusing account of the rival returning officers in an Irish election is told in the report of the Local Government Board for Ireland, issued a few weeks ago…
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Politics & elections, 1912
662 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 27 of 34
Polling Booth Officials. to Be Fed at a Cost of £1000
The decision of the Federal Government to provide meals for officials engaged at booths on polling day in connection with the general…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The State Parliament. Legislative Assembly
In the Assembly yesterday, Mr. Holman, Attorney-General, in reply to Mr. M'Donald, said that the Government had not yet decided upon a superannuation…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Federal Parliament. House of Representatives
In the House, yesterday, Mr. Chapman presented a petition from the residents of the Federal Capital territory praying that their representatives should be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Federal Parliament. the Senate
In the Senate yesterday, Senator M'Gregor, Vice-president of the Executive Council, in view of what was taking place in another place, moved that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The State Parliament. Legislative Council
In the Council yesterday, Sir Normand Maclaurin presented a petition from the Incorporated Law Institute praying that the Practitioners…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The State Parliament. Legislative Council
In the Council yesterday, Mr. Farrar presented a petition from Mr. R. D. Meagher, M.P., urging that the House should pass the Legal Practitioners…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Federal Parliament. House of Representatives
In the House yesterday, Mr. Cook suggested that the House might express sympathy with Mr. Roosevelt, and Indignation at his attempted assassination…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Home Rule. Powers of Parliament. London, Oct. 17
During the debate on the Home Rule Bill in the House of Commons, Mr. A. Birrell, Chief Secretary for Ireland, declared that the completion of the land purchase scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Federal Parliament. House of Representatives
Mr. Best (Vic.) as a personal explanation, read a letter from Mr. Knibbs, the Commonwealth Statist, dated January 1910, stating that, he had made inquiries as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Federal Parliament. a Motion of Censure
[?] Hedges moved a censure motion in the House of Representatives on Thursday in connection with the Government's decision to use kauri timber in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Parliament. Long Sitting. Mr Lonsdale Angry. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
The State Parliament sat all last night until a quarter, to 10 this morning in committee on the Early Closing Bill, and several important amendments were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Iron and Steel Works Bill. Proposed Works at Newcastle. Bill Before Parliament
In the Legislative Assembly last week Mr. Griffith, the Minister of Works, moved the second reading of the Newcastle Iron and Steel Works Hill. He said the object…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The State Parliament. Legislative Council
In the Council yesterday, On the motion of Mr. Browne, the St. James' Parsonage Bill was referred to a select committee…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Federal Parliament. House of Representatives
In the House yesterday, Mr. Fisher, Prime Minister, in reply to Mr. Chariton, said that Mr. James Ken, inspector to the Bank of Australasian, had been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Federal Parliament. the Senate
In the Senate yesterday, Senator Needham (W.A.,) asked if there was any machinery by which an explanation could be obtained from a judge…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The State Parliament. Legislative Council
In the Council, yesterday, Mr. Flowers, Vice-President of the Executive Council, in reply to Mr. Kethel, said that the Government intended, if the state…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Federal Government House. More Questions in Parliament
A number of questions relative to Federal Government House were asked in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Action in Parliament (By Cable.). Hobart
in the A?embly to-day, the Leader of the Opposition moved: "That the House deplores the fact that the Government did not insist on taking such…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Federal Parliament. the Senate
In the Senate yesterday, Senator Needham (W.A.) read a paragraph from a morning paper on the subject of the appointment of an additional…
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