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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1901

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The Commonwealth. Parliament at Work. Review of the Week. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 October 1901 · page 5

Expectation ran high on Tuesday last, and yet was to a certain extent disappointed. To say that Mr. Reid was over-weighted by the magnitude of his task…

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The State Parliament. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1901 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly to-morrow afternoon, Mr. Estell will seek information as to the amount the Railway Commissioners received for the carriage of goods…

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The State Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Question of Privilege. Comments by a Newspaper. The Publisher to be Heard. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 October 1901 · page 5

The SPEAKER took the Chair at half-past 4 o'clock. In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon…

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The State Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Question of Privilege. Adjourned Until Tuesday. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 October 1901 · page 5

The Speaker took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. QUESTIONS. The PREMIER, in reply to Mr. Affleck,…

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The State Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Preventing Prize Fights. Unemployed at Newcastle. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 October 1901 · page 5

The Speaker took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. QUESTIONS. The MINISTER FOR WORKS, in reply…

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An Irish Election

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 October 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—For the vacancy in the representation of Galway in the House of Commons, Arthur Lynch, late a colonel in the Boer army, has come…

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In the State Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 October 1901 · page 2

The Legislative Council has done nothing this week. Indeed, that seems about its normal condition. Ever since Parliament met the Upper…

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The State Parliament. Another Late Sitting. the Estimates. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 October 1901 · page 5

The consideration of the Works Department estimates was continued in the Legislative Assembly after our report closed this morning. Eventually the…

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State Parliament. Business for the Week. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 October 1901 · page 6

In the Legislative Assembly tomorrow afternoon. Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick will urge for the construction of tramcars suitable for the…

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The Commonwealth. Parliament at Work. Review of the Week. Melbourne, October 25

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 29 October 1901 · page 5

Notwithstanding a plethora of words in the House of Representatives this week yet the period has been barren of incident. As Mr. Watson, the always…

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The State Parliament. Question of Privilege. Apology Accepted. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 October 1901 · page 5

The Speaker took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. QUESTIONS. The TREASURER, in reply to Mr. B. B…

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The Honour of Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 October 1901 · page 4

The Legislative Assembly has stultified itself by the manner in which it has dealt with the attack upon its corporate honour. The case was…

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The State Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Inspection of Mines. The Estimates. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 October 1901 · page 5

The Speaker took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. QUESTIONS. The PREMIER, in reply to Mr. Briner,…

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The State Parliament. Legislative Assembly. a Wallsend Case. The Estimates. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 November 1901 · page 5

The Speaker took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. QUESTIONS. The COLONIAL TREASURER, in reply…

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Melbourne Gossip. in the State Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 November 1901 · page 3

There was a lively scene in the Legislative Assembly when the crux of the Old Age Pensions Bill, namely, the proposal to reduce the amount of the weekly…

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The Commonwealth. Parliament at Work. Review of the Week. Melbourne, Nov. 1

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 November 1901 · page 5

Although the events of Tuesday and Wednesday in the House of Representatives were of considerable interest in themselves, yet they were looked upon as merely…

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The British Parliament

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 November 1901 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday,—The Imperial Parliament has been further prorogued until December 1[?]4 rogued until December 14…

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The Federal Parliament House of Representatives. the Kanaka Bill. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 November 1901 · page 5

The House of Representatives met at 7 p.m. this evening, when the Speaker tool the chair. Mr. EDWARDS (Q.) presented a…

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The State Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Reduction of Members. Training Sobroan Boys. Signed Newspaper Articles. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 November 1901 · page 5

The Speaker took the Chair at half-past 4 o'clock. NOTICES OF MOTION . Mr. D. STOREY gave notice off his…

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The Federal Parliament the Senate. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 November 1901 · page 5

The President (Sir R. C. Baker) took the chair at half-past 2 o'clock. Senator GLASSEY moved that a petition against the return of Senator Matheson…

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