State Parliament. Legislative Assembly. the Censure Debate. Sydney
When the Assembly met this afternoon Mr. Dunn, the Minister for Agriculture, gave preliminary notice of a bill for the creation of a wheat pool in…
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Politics & elections, 1920
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The Murray Election
If the State Government should carry out what is reported to be its intention in regard to the vacancy created in the Legislative Assembly by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Election Fund American Inquiry Senator Cox to Attend VANCOUVER. August 23
At Chicago it is authoritatively stated that unless he attends voluntarily Mr. Cox be summoned before the Senate Committee which is investigating…
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Mr. Storey, the Premier, in the Legislative Assembly this afternoon, referred to the death of the late Hon. John Meagher, M.L.C. It was not customary for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Federal Parliament. the Senate. Melbourne
In the Senate to-day, Senator Adamson (Q.) was granted two months' leave of absence owing to ill-health. Senator Millen, the leader of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Parliament. Legislative Assembly. the Censure Debate. Sydney
A petition by various bodies urging that the principle of one vote one value be maintained in the proposed Electoral Amendment Bill, and that no vital…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →By-election Problem Government in Doubt Mr. Clear's Chance Fades Sydney
The public indignation at the proposals to make the Legislative Assembly a nominee House has resulted in the Ministry reconsidering the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Federal Parliament. the Senate. Melbourne
In the Senate to-day, the report on the War Service Homes Bill was adopted. The debate on the second reading of the Industrial Peace Bill was continued…
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The resolution of the House of Representatives to sit on an extra day during the week in consequence of the backward state of public business,…
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After the censure debate is concluded in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, the real business of the session will begin. The way will be clear on the…
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It is understood that the debate on the no-confidence motion in the State Legislative Assembly will be brought to a close to-night, and it will be hoped…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →State Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Censure Debate Adjourned. Sydney
Sir George Fuller, the leader of the Opposition, sought, as soon as Mr. Speaker Levy took the chair in the Assembly this afternoon, to ascertain from the Speaker…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Federal Parliament. House of Representatives. the Arbitration Bill. Melbourne
Mr. Makin (S.A.) drew attention to a Statement made at a mooting of the South Australian Gas Company that a South Australian business Institution, having…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Federal Parliament. the Senate. Industrial Peace Bill. Melbourne
In the Senate this afternoon, Senator Pearce, the Minister for Defence, in reply to Senator Pratten (N.S.W.), said that the Navy Department was now controlling…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Parliament. Legislative Council. Tribute to Mr. John Meagher. Sydney
The whole of the sitting of the Legislative Council this afternoon was devoted to references to the late Mr. John Meagher, who had been a member of the…
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In the Senate to-day, Senator Russell, the Vice-President of the Executive Council, informed Senator Duncan (N.S.W.) that Captain Williams, who had been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Parliament. Legislative Assembly. the Murray Problem. Sydney
Mr. Levy, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, announced, as soon as he took his seat this afternoon, that he had written yesterday to the Chief Secretary,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Industrial Matters. Forty-four Hours' Week. Protest Against Parliament
In the Federal Arbitration Court to-day Mr. Justice Higgins continued the inquiry into the demand for a 44 hours' week. Mr. Holloway, for the Trades Hall,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Dying Parliament
Our State Parliament is on its last lap, and soon will be in the throes of a general election. The contest will be the more interesting owing to the strenuous…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Federal Parliament. House of Representatives. Melbourne
In the House of Representatives to-day, Mr. Poynton, the Minister for Works, and Railways, informed Mr. Foster (S.A.) that he was having copies of the reports…
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