Federal Parliament. All-night Stonewall. Members Engage in Pillow Fights. Melbourne
In the House of Representatives the stonewall on the Preference Prohibition Bill was continued throughout last night…
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Politics & elections, 1914
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"All Over a Blanket" Pandemonium in Federal Parliament. a Member Holds Another Down. Melbourne
A disgraceful scene was witnessed in the House of Representatives at Melbourne early this morning over a blanket which Mr Massey Greene,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Approaching Elections. Rumor Denied. MELBOURNE
The Minister for Defence in the Sentate denied the suggestion that the Government was awaiting the decision of the new…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The State Elections
WE have recently been in the throes of a general election, the result being to determine of the two great political parties in this State should…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gundagai P.p. Board. Election of Directors
On ringing up Gundagai this morning we learned that only two nominations had been received in each division for the election of directors to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Federal Parliament. Congestion of Questions. Wrangles, Explanations, and Points. Preference Prohibition Bill. Melbourne
In the House of Representatives, wrangles, personal explanations, and points of order took up the greater part of the morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Preference to Unionists. Main Issue of Next Federal Elections. Melbourne
The Government is making the second reading of the Preference Abolition till a fall dress debate. The Attorney-General led with a long…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Scots' Parliament. Another Home Rule Bill. London
The Scottish Liberal party in the House of Commons introduced a bill under which it is proposed to give Scotland a separate legislature of and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Australian Polities. Elections for Council. Labor Member Defeated. Perth
The biennial elections in connection with the Legislative Council took place on Saturday. Added interest was lent to the contest by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Federal Parliament. Preference Prohibition Bill. Second Reading Debate. Melbourne
In the House of Representatives to-day, the Prime Minister told Mr. Biggs (Queensland), that the Government could not consider a resolution…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →P. Board Elections
The poll for the election of Directors for the Wagga P. P. Board takes place on Urana.—V. McGeoch 150: C. H. Mc…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →State Parliament, Referendum on Abolishing the Legislative Council. SYDNEY
The first instalment programme adopted by the new Trades Union Political Party has been issued. Among the large number of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Federal Parliament. Mr. Hughes and a Single Dissolution. MELBOURNE
Mr. Hughes, speaking in the House of Reps., expressed au opinion that a single dissolution of Parliament would get the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Federal Parliament. Replies to Questions. Preference Prohibition Debate. All Night Sitting Expected. Melbourne
In the House of Representatives, the Minister for External Affairs told Mr. Sampson that he knew nothing of the proposed Anglo-French…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →English By-Election. LONDON
The parliamentary by-election for North-east Derbyshire in the House of Commons, was won by the Unionist candidate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Federal Parliament. House of Representatives. Attacks by Labor Members. Melbourne
Mr. Jenson claimed that unionism in Tasmania was galvanised into activity in 1906 through the revelations about sweating, made before the Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Federal Parliament. Preference Prohibition. Speaker Votes with Opposition. Melbourne
In the House of Representatives, after the passage of the second clause of the Government Preference Prohibition Bill through Committee by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Members of Parliament and the Rabbit
The rabbit pest made itself evident in a remarkable way on the journey of the parliamentary special train from Yanco. One of the members of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Codtamundra Election. Father O'Reilly Eplains his Attitude
A SENSATION was caused at a meeting of the Bathurst branch of the Catholic Federation when Father O'Reilly told the secret…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Not on His Own. Father O'reilly Explains Deserted After the Fight. Election Speech Recalled. Bathurst
A sensation was caused at a meeting of the Bathurst branch of the Catholic Federation when Father O'Reilly told the secret history of history of his…
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