Queensland Elections. The First Batch. BRISBANE
To-morrow 2 constituencies returning 34 members will 'be contested. The principal interest centres in Brisbane North. Mr. Forrest is regarded as certain to head the…
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Politics & elections, 1899
267 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 14
Queensland General Election State of Parties. BRISBANE
The first batch of Parliamentary elections took place yesterday. Twenty-six electorates were contested, returning 34 members, and resulted in the return of 26 Ministerialists, 1…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Tuesday, March 14. Legislative Assembly. SYDNEY
The Speaker took the chair at half-past 3 o'clock. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. The PREMIER, in answer to Mr. Spruson,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pen-notes and Pencillings. Parliament House, Melbourne. Where Presumably the First Australian Congress Will Assemble
Parliament House, Melbourne, is presumably destined to be the first meeting place of the Federal congress. Putting aside every other consideration, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Explanation in Parliament. Hasty Action of Signor Martino
LONDON, Wednesday.—In the Italian Chamber last night Admiral Canevaro, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, made a statement relative to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Wednesday, March 15. Legislative Council the Enabling Bill. a Simple Majority Vetoed
The debate on the second reading of the Enabling Bill was resumed in the Council at half-past 4 o'clock this afternoon, in the presence of about eighteen or twenty…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Thursday, March 16. Legislative Council. the Enabling Bill. Further Amendment
The President took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. The House in committee resumed the consideration of the Federal Enabling Bill…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Opening of the Canadian Parliament. the Alaskan Boundary Question
LONDON, Friday.—The Earl of Minto Governor-General of Canada, Opened a session of the Dominion Parliament yesterday. The speech…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Election. Brisbane
The second batch of the elections took place on Saturday, sixteen electorates, returning seventeen members, being contested. The returns in several cases are incomplete, but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Tuesday, March 21. Legislative Assembly
The Speaker took the chair at half-past 3 o'clock. QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. The COLONIAL SECRETARY, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PARLIAMENT. Legislative Assembly. an All Night Sitting. the Council's Amendments. Disagreed With. Sydney
The Assembly sat throughout Tuesday night considering the Council's amendments in the Enabling Bill. Mr. FITZPATRICK spoke about two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Thursday, March 23. Legislative Assembly. the Enabling Bill. the S.S. Newcastle Hire. Sydney
The House met at 6.30, when the Speaker took the chair. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. The MINISTER FOR JUSTICE, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Tuesday, March 28. Legislative Assembly. Advances to Settlers Bill. Sydney
The Speaker took the chair at half-past o'clock. QUESTION. The PREMIER, in reply to Mr. Watkins,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Wednesday, March 29. Legislative Assembly. Floods in the Hunter. the Attorney General and Federation
The Speaker took the chair at half-past 3 o'clock. HUNTER RIVER FLOODS. The Premier, in reply to Mr. Barton,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parliament Prorogued. Sydney
A special meeting of the Executive was held to-day, and the Lieutenant-Governor in Council approved of the issue of the proclamation proroguing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Marine Board Elections
The disfranchisement of the shipping companies in connection with the Marine Board elections, which take place on Monday, has caused a good deal of bitterness in Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nautical Notes. Marine Board Elections.—shipmasters' Troubles.—wanted, a New System
The election in connection with the Sydney Marine Board takes place to-day, but owing to a fluke, Mr. Alt, the manager of the North Coast Steam…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Marine Board Elections
Au election of three wardens to the Marine Board of New South Wales took place at Sydney on Monday at the Merchants' Exchange, Mr. F. Buckle acted as returning-officer. Matters passed off very…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A New Candidate for President
Philomene Chatelain is the name of a new candidate for the post of President of the French Republic (says the "Daily News"). She is a women, and a native…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Meeting of Parliament. Sydney
Now that the new appointments to the Legislative Council have been made, general attention is directed to the opening of Parliament, which will take place on…
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