Sketches in Parliament
WHEN Mr. Samuel moved. the House into Committee of Supply, Mr. Piddington caused [?]tome considerable amusement. He remarked that the House had a right to expect…
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Politics & elections, 1869
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Sketches in Parliament. Mr. Soott’s Gratuity. (From the Sydney Morning Herald.)
IT has now come to be a usual thing to witness a skirmish between the Rev. Dr. Lang and Mr. J. Stewart as a wind-up to the business of the week; in fact, the proceeding…
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MR. BRIGHT’S speech was of a more personal character, and folly explained the circumstances under which ho had reluctantly taken office. Mr. Gladstone had asked him, [?]…
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MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, I recur to your advice at the earliest period permitted by the arrangements consequent upon the retirement of the late Administration…
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The present Parliament has finished its work, and if called together again it will merely be proforma, that it may be dissolved. We have long suspected that the Government entertained some…
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WE should he very sorry to assert that there is no such thing as an honest politician, even if we spoke only of politicians by trade; and yet we do believe such persons are exceedingly rare. It…
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WE have already mentioned that the present Parliament met for the last time on Tuesday, 28th ult. The session was opened by the Governor in person; his Excellency being…
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ALTHOUGH Parliament met but the other day, the country is already in a position to determine some of the interesting questions in reference lo which it has indulged in a good deal of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Specimens of the Debates During the Present Session of Parliament
IN a speech made-on Thursday, 30th ult., Mr. Parkes said “He protested against the conduct of the Premier, whose whole life had been distinguished by more duplicity and more…
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IT was evident, almost immediately after the House met on Wednesday, by a [?]ertain something which pervaded the House—a something which it is impossible to describe in w[?]rds, but…
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WHEN Mr. Robertson moved the adjournment of the House on Thursday night, his followers at once availed themselves of the kind permission he had given them of having a “go in all round,”…
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SATURDAY’S Herald has the following:— Mr. Forster, the late member for the Hastings, has now notified his intention of standing for St. Leonard’s, and the northern…
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IT is much to be regretted that Parliament was not called together two or three months earlier, or that a dissolution did not occur as soon as that body met; for then we might have avoided…
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VERY few addresses have been issued, and candidates seem to be rather slow in taking the field. Several private meetings have been held, however, and the following…
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ALTHOUGH we have hitherto to felt constrained to give prominence to such considerations as necessarily grow out of the question whether a revenue, derived from an income and property tax,…
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WE supply herewith extracts from letters written for our last issue, but detained by reason of the non-arrival of the mail. MACLEAY RIVER…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →East Sydney Election. (From the S. M. Herald of December 4.) POLLING-DAY
NEVER previously has the Polling-day of a metropolitan election been characterised by so much public excitement, enthusiasm, or earnestness, as that which prevailed yesterday in East…
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THE contest throughout the whole of yesterday was carried on with great spirit by both sides, and much excitement prevailed in the neighborhood of the various polling-places. As soon as…
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MR. DEAN not having returned from the Macleay will, we hope, be a sufficient excuse for the non-appearance of our leading article in this issue. We expect Mr. DEAN home to-morrow…
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AFTER a storm comes a calm. For some weeks past, angry and excited feeling has pervaded this extensive electorate, and under its influence words have no-doubt been thoughtlessly written…
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