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The House of Representatives on Tuesday resumed consideration of the Senate's suggestions on the Tariff Bill. The Senate's request to put wheat, hay…
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Politics & elections, 1902
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A debate ensued in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday upon the second reading of the Capital Punishment Abolition Bill, which was moved by Mr…
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THE Legislative Council last night rejected a motion for submitting the Womens' Franchise Bill to a referendum of adult females, but the Bill passed through its second…
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At the ordinary meeting of the Municipal Council on Tuesday night there were present: The Mayor (Aid. C. G. Wilson), Aid. Higinbotham,…
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IN the Council on Wednesday the business done was: Women's Suffrage Bill read a second time, and taken through committee…
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In the House of Representatives on Friday, the report of the Committee upon the suggestions made by the Senate for the amendment of the tariff was adopted…
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A meeting of the local branch of the Taxyayer's Union was held in the Oxford Hall on Monday afternoon, Mr. John Borthwick being in the chair. The…
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The State Assembly, by 51 votes to 32, declined to suspend the standing orders to enable Mr. Ashton to move a resolution, asserting that fodder should be imported…
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The State Assembly was occupied on Tuesday in discussing the second reading of the Public Places Advertisement Bill, Which aimed at placing advertisement…
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The usual fortnightly meeting of the Munioipal Council was held at the Council Chambers on Tuesday evening last: There were present—…
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In the Legislative Assembly, after an all-night debate, Mr. McGowan's motion in favor of establishing State ironworks was negatived by 46 votes to 27. The…
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The House of Reprasentatives has completed its consideration of the Postal and Telegraph Rates Bill. Telegrams are fixed at 64 for 16 words,…
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The Minister for Customs stated on Tuesday in the House of Representatives that he hoped to make inter-state free-trade an actual fact before many weeks…
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The State Minister for Lands intends to introduce a Bill to amslgamato the Rabbit and Stock and Pastures Boards. The Municipal Bill last night passed…
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IN the Assembly on Tuesday, the Premier in reply to a question, stated that he was unable to recommend that the working hours of nurses in public…
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In the Assembly last night, Messrs. Fegan, D. R. Hall, Mackenzie, and Quinn were appointed members of the Parliamentary Public Accounts…
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The Postal and Telegraph Rates Bill was considered in committee. A motion for penny postage was debated and defeated. The newspaper rate was…
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The House of Representatives has completed its consideration of the tariff. The compromise recommended by the Government was agreed to…
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IN the Council on Thursday, The debate on the motion tabled by Mr. Hawken, dealing with the unemployed, was resumed…
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The Governor having granted the State Premier a dissolution, Parliament has been prorogued, and it is expected that a general election will take place within three weeks…
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