Election of School Boards. the Country Teacher. Noxious Weeds. Sydney
At the Farmers and Settlers' Conference to-day. Mr. J. Halloran (Wagga) moved, and Mr. R. Harvey (Springdale)…
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Politics & elections, 1909
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Legalising the Totalisator Debate in New South Wales Parliament
In New South Wales Legislative Assembly last week, Mr. Peters, the member for Deniliquin, moved for leave to introduce a bill to legalise and regulate the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Parliament. Misleading Advertisements. the Unemployed. Are Men Starving? Sydney
In the Assembly Mr. Edden drew the Premier's attention to an advertisement which appeared in a Staffordshire (Eng.) paper to the effect that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Australian Parliament. Discussing Amending Bill of Old Age Pensions Act
Last week the House of Representatives began well, but ended sadly in the tragic death of the Speaker, Sir Frederick Holder, in circumstances set out elsewhere. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"In the Midst of Life." Death of Thespeaker of the Australian Parliament
Australia mourns the loss of the first Speaker of the Australian. Parliament Sir Frederick Holder. The pathetic enddenness with wh[?]bheewsea hrdlu shdlu…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir Frederick Holder. Sudden Death. Takes Ill in Parliament. Melbourne
During the debate in the House of Representatives on the amendment of the Old Age Pensions Act, at 5 o'clock this morning, the Speaker, Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Federal Parliament. the Capital Site. Postal Note Currency Proposed. the Empty North. Melbourne
In the House of Representatives today the Minister of Home Affairs said he had consulted Mr. Wade regarding steps in connection with the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State Parliament. Scene in the House. Sydney
In the Assembly the Premier stated that the total cost of building the hotel at Mt. Kosciusko was £18,922. Mr Wade, in reply to Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Parliament. Dealing with Estimates. London, August 4
The House of Lords passed the South African Union Bill in committee unamended. The Prince of Wales has provisionally promised to open the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Speaker Holder. Regrets in the Australian Parliament
Members of the Australian Parliament assembled in the House of Representatives on the opening day last week to pay their formal tribute of respect to their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wade's Sand-shifting Scandal. Starving Unemployed Men Victimised. Twopence a Tom for Shifting Sand. Shameful Disclosures in Parliament
The acute distress of many unemployed in Sydney and in other parts of New South Wales was the subject of a number of questions levelled at member of the Wade…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Items of News. Shire Election
The polling to fill the vacancy in the representation of Riding A. Kayeamba Shire, will take place to-day There are three candidates in the field…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers and Settlers' Association. Conference Delegates Report. the Federal Election. Proposed Co-operative Company
A meeting of the Wagga branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held in the School of Arts board room on Saturday afternoon. There…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Items of News. Shire Election
The ballot for the election of a councillor for "A" riding Kycamba shire to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. W. C. Rolls, took…
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In the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday afternoon Mr. Robert Jones asked the Minister for Works what had been the cost per mile of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Australian Parliament
A number of measures were discussed in the Representatives during the week, as many as five making their first appearance in the one sitting. The Bureau…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Arthur Rae One of the Three N.s.w. Labor Candidates for the Australian Senate
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Continued on Trove, page 1 →Defeated Candidate's Grievances
The selection of Mr. Riley, an old Trades Unionist, to contest the South Sydney seat for the Federal election, by a plebiscite of members of the local…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →P.p. Board Election
The nomination of a member of the Wagga District P.P. Board, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. W. C. Rolls, took place on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Australian Parliament. Colonel Foxton "At Home" and "Abroad."—old Age Pensions.—coinage.—northern Territory.—high Commissionership.—parliament Adjourned to Meet the Fusion's Masters
The adventures of Colonel Foxton in London look like a serial novel as published in "Hansard." The number of questions that continue to be asked…
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