Parliament. the Financial Debate. Sydney, Friday Night
In the Legislative Assembly there was a small attendance of members this morning, when the Speaker took the chair at 10.30. The Minuter for Works gave notice of his…
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Politics & elections, 1899
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Inquisitive Labor Men. Questions in Parliament. the Silverton Tramway
Mr. THOMAS asked the Colonial Treasurer,—Has he as yet communicated with the Silverton Tramway Company re the purchase of their tram-line by the Government?…
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THE victory for the Sudden Government at the general election yesterday was greater than at first announced. It now transpires that the Opposition gained only…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Bye Election. Return of a Conservative. London, December 8
Mr. Dickenson, Conservative, has been elected a member of the House of Commons, for the Wells division of Somerset, unopposed…
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It is now known that the opposition gained only one seat, while the Government gained 13, giving the Government practically a majority of 30 in the new…
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IN the Legislative Council the debate on the second reading of the Goulburn and Crookwell Railway Hill was resumed. The bill was taken through committee without…
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In the Legislative Council this evening the Gold and Mineral Dredging Bill and the Land Tax Collection Bill were each read a third time and returned to the Legislative…
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The news of the latest British reverse in South Africa occasioned great excitement in Parliament yesternight. The Premier hastily summoned a…
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The Legislative Council to-night passed the Dubbo to Coonamble Railway Bill through its final stages opened the debate on the second reading of the bill…
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In the Legislative Assembly to-day, Mr. Winis asked whether it was a fact that Major-General French had expressed an earnest desire to go the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Parliament. Division of the Colony Into Federal Electorates. Treasury Accounts. Early Closing Bill
The Legislative Council on Tuesday night passed the Dabbo to Coonamble Railway Bill through its final stages, opened the debate on the second reading of the bill for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Second Australian Contingent. Contribution of New South Wales. Debate in Parliament. Premier Asks for £60,000
Shortly after the Assembly met on Tuesday afternoon the Premier moved, as a matter of urgency, that the House should consider the expediency forthwith of…
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THe Legialative Council passed the Reappraisement of Lands Bill and the Loan Bill. There was a long discussion on the latter measure, and several members…
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In the Assembly to-day the Government was urged to consider the advisability of sending to South Africa a company ot bushmen who were both rough…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This Boer Parliament. How Members of the Yolksraad Transact Business
A noble pile of buddings, stately, imposing, and dazzling white in the blazing sunshine, against the bluest of blue skies. The Vollosraad building fronts on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Discussion in Parliament. Still Further Offers Suggested. Federal Action. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
In the Assembly yesterday, Mr. Willis naked if the Government would favorably consider the sending to South Africa of a company of bushmen, who were rough riders…
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The general elections in New Zealand are over, resulting in a general discomfiture of the anti-Seddon Party throughout the colony. It was an election of surprises. Even the Premier…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest War News. Position at Modder River. Sedition in Cape Parliament. Narrow Escape of General Buller Ladysmith Abel to Hold Out Indefinitely. Kimberley Provisioned for Six Months. Applications of Wireless Telegraph. London, Dec. 27
General Cronji, the commander of the Boer forces at Magersfontein, has notified that he declines to hold any communication with Lord Methuen, who commands the…
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