South Australian Parliament. Federation and Reforms. ADELAIDE
THE Federation proposals were further discussed in both Houses to-day, several members expressing themselves opposed to immediate Federation…
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Politics & elections, 1891
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Parliament. Tuesday, July 28. Legislative Assembly. Answering Questions. Wreck of the Ellen. Inquiry Promised. SYDNEY
THE SPEAKER took the chair at 3.30 p.m., and the members proceeded to Government House to present the Address-in-Reply to the Governor's speech to his Excellency…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Wednesday, July 29. Legislative Assembly. Commission of the Peace. Indian Hawkers. The Hawkesbury Bridge. The Wreck of the Ellen. A Batch of Bills. SYDNEY, Wednesday. the Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Commission of the Peace
Sir HENRY PARKES, in reply to Mr. FITZGERALD, said it was not the intention of the Government to make any fresh appointments to the commission of the peace for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General Election. Tom Mann's Candidature
LONDON, Wednesday.—Mr. Tom Mann, whose name has been so closely identified with the cause of labour in London during the past two years, will probably be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Thursday, July 30. Legislative Assembly. Civil Service Superannuation Fund. Financial Condition of the Colony. Additional Magistrate for Bourke. Dredging of Newcastle Harbour. Wreck of the Barque Ellen. SYDNEY
THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. CIVIL SERVICE SUPERANNUATION FUND. Sir HENRY PARKES, in reply to Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Friday, July 31. Legislative Assembly. Woman Suffrage. The Government Motion Negatived. The First Defeat. SYDNEY
AFTER the report of the proceedings in the Assembly on Thursday night closed, the debate was continued for several hours. Sir HENRY PARKES had moved, "That, in the…
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LONDON, Sunday.—Parliament was prorogued on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Above the Speaker. the New Parliament
Is rapidly gaining for itself the distinctive title, which in the pest has been so freely and so justly bestowed upon previous assemblies, of the House of Talk. Parliaments…
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The North Yarra Province election for the Legislative Council on Saturday resulted as follows:—Mr. Pitt, Mayor of Collingwood, 3959; Mr…
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FOR the first time Mr. Melville, as Deputy Speaker, took the chair for the whole sitting in the Assembly this evening. Mr. Speaker Abbott was absent owing to the death of his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lord Kintore Again. Snubbed by Parliament. Adelaide
IN reply to questions asked in the Assembly to-day, the Premier stated that Lord Kintore had handed his despatch to the Secretary of State, on the Northern Territory, to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Tuesday, August 5. Legislative Assembly. Personal Explanation. Mr. Walker and Mr. Fegan. The Electoral Bill. SYDNEY
THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.80 p.m. In reply to Mr. SEE. Sir HENRY PARKES said he would in a few days give full information as to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CABLEGRAMS. Imperial Parliament. Prorogation and Queen's Speech. Projected Reforms
LONDON, Wednesday.—Parliament was prorogued to-day. The Queen's speech, read on the occasion, declared Great Britain's relations with other Power were peaceful and…
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THE members of the Assembly are very indignant with Lord Kintore for publishing his imperial report on the Northern Territory without consulting the Ministry or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Thursday, August 6. Legislative Assembly. the Vacant Portfolio. Representation of the People Bill. SYDNEY
THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4 30 p.m. COMPENSATION FOR GOODS LOST. Sir HENRY PARKES, in reply to Mr. ROSE, said that some bales of wool had gone…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australian Parliament. That Northern Territory Despatch. Adelaide
MR. GRAINGER'S motion, with regard to the Governor's pro-Chinese despatch to Lord Knutsford, on the Northern Territory, which was published without the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Tuesday, August 11. Legislative Assembly. Judge Docker's Eccentricities. Baby-farming Bill. SYDNEY
THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Mr. CRICK, for Mr. SCHEY, asked the Colonial Treasurer, referring to the question answered on 4th August in reference to leave…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tasmanian Parliament. Hobart
IN the Assembly, the Agent-General's salary was passed, the Treasurer intimating that Sir E. C. Braddon had been appointed another three years, subject to any change…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter River Floods. Papers before Parliament. SYDNEY
THERE was laid on the table of the Hones a report of Mr. Darley, the Engineer-in-Chief for Harbours and Rivers, regarding the flood in the Hunter. Mr. Darley estimates…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Parliament. Want-of-Confidence Motion. BRISBANE
THE Government is pressing the want-of-confidence division, and is confident of a victory by a small majority…
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