Debate in Parliament
UPON the proposition to vote £120,000 for public Instruction, the following debate arose, Mr. Stewart said the item ought to come…
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Politics & elections, 1873
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The Present Parliament
RECENTLY there have been several stormy scenes in the Assembly. Of course all the members are “honorable men,” nevertheless a great majority of the electors must, we…
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THE PAPERS ARE FULL OF COMMENTS upon the protracted si[?]ting of the Assembly, of which brief mention was made in our last; and although there seems to…
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THE Tamworth Examiner says:—Judging solely from the reports in the metropolitan daily papers, tho “scene” must have been, when it ro[?]ched its maximum of vulgar bluster and…
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HONORABLE GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY: I am glad to be enabled, consistently with…
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IT SEEMS TO BE FASHIONABLE now to decry the Parliament of the country. We hear on every hand that the Upper House consists mainly of old women, and the…
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SOUTH Carolina is now governed by a black democracy, said to be the most ignorant that mankind ever saw invested with the functions of Government. The State-house at…
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SINCE our table-talk was put into type we have received the text of the Governor’s speech, which we here subjoin :— HONORABLE GENTLEMEN OF THE LEGISLATIVE…
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THE Speaker took the chair at twenty-eight minutes past 4 o’clock. Mr. Sutherland, in answer to Mr. Bennett for Mr. W. C. Browne, said that a report which was…
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TH[?] Ballarat Courier tells a good story about an election meeting, held not a hundred miles from Ballarat. Two aspirants for a seat in the local council were advertised to…
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THE Speaker took the chair at twenty-seven minutes past 4 o’clock. Mr. Lloyd said, in answer to Mr. Oakes, for Mr. Jacob, that the subject of introducing during…
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Mr. Stewart, for Mr. Buchanan, asked the Colonial Secretary—“1. Is history one of the subjects in which candidates for appointment to the Civil Service are examined [?] 2. Has any…
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MR. Garrett asked the Colonial Secretary—“I. Whether any reply had been received from the Hon. Saul Samuel to the telegram forwarded to him by the Colonial Secretary on the 28th August…
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MINISTERS stated in answer to questions, that the Windeyer Bench has been communicated with touchning an allegation that Mr. William M[?]land J.P., had twice postponed a case-in…
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MB. R. B. Smith presented a petition [?] increased representation for the Electo[?] District of the Hastings, and Mr. John [?] presented a petition from the Western Gold…
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