The Representatives Election of Speaker
In the House of Representatives this morning. [?] members had been [?] by Mr. Justice [?] the Clerk in the absence of…
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Politics & elections, 1926
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Not Satisfied an Election Questioned Sydney
Mr. R. A. MacDonald, defeated candidate for Barton in the recent Federal election, has lodged a petition in the High Court against…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Federal Politics Opening of First Session of New Parliament Vice-regal Speech Reflects Mr. Bruce’s Policy Insistence Upon Law and Order and Industrial Reform Placed Foremost Melbourne
“What we have promised we will perform” may be taken as the gi[?]t of the speech which the Governor-General (Lord Stonehaven)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Federal Parliament MELBOURNE, 8th. Jan. Programme for Session
Ministers all returned to Melbourne on Tuesday for the purpose of attending the series of Cabinet meetings, which are being held this week to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Parliament Questions and Answers Forty-four Hours
When the' Legislative Assembly met this morning members of the Opposition were in a critical mood and questions were numerous…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Police Methods Handcuffs Abolished Question in Parliament Sydney
In the Legislative Assembly to day, (Mr. Frank Burke asked whether an order recently was given to the police to dispense with handcuffs; if…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Federal Parliament the Address-in-reply Surprisingly Brief Debate Melbourne
In the House of Representatives to-day the Address-in-Reply to the Governor-General's opening speech was moved and carried after a very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Speeding Up Work at Canberra Ready for Next Parliament Small University Proposed MELBOURNE
The first annual report of the Federal Capital Commission has been presented to the Federal Parliament. The report states that since the Commission…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"No Use Squealing" the Barton Election Appeal Sydney
The High Court, sitting in Hobart, will hear Mr. M'Donald's appeal against Mr. Ley's election, next month. Mr. M'Donald, interviewed in Hobart,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Leeton Hospital Elections
The coming election for the Leeton hospital committee is arousing considerable excitement this year, as there are 25 nominations for 16 seats…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Surprising Edict Lang Government Turns Down Country Railway Construction 'Plant Being Packed Up and Stored; Officers Go to Sydney Money Voted by Last Parliament to Start Toe Works, and Additional Sums Included in Mr. Lan[?]s Loan Estimates
That no further work on new construction in regard to country railways is to be gone on with or at least two years , is the largest…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Eden-monaro the By-election Sydney
A special meeting of the A.L.P. will be held on Saturday night to select a candidate for Eden-Monaro. It is rumored that Mr. Morgan, a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Eden-monaro By-election
The by-election in Eden-Monaro, tendered vacant by the death of Sir Austin Chapman, has several features which mark it out for more than or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Councils Adult Suffrage Bill Before Parliament Sydney
There was an acrmonisus debate bate in the Assembly to-day on the second reading of the Local Government Amendment Bill which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Turns Tables Premier Angry at Humiliating Defeat Councillors Have Their Way with Elections Bill Mr. Lang Says He Will Win on His Own Battleground Gold Passes For Life Are Bribery, Says Mr. Bavin SYDNEY
There were dramatic events in both Houses of Parliament to-day. In the Legislative Council the business was taken out of the hands of the Government representative, Mr. Willis, and in the Legislative Assembly a bitter and unruly debate occurred on the proposal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →44-Hours Week Ruinous to Shires Action at Next Elections Sydney
At a meeting of the Association Executive to-day, Councilor H. J. Bate, president, said that ever though the operations of the 44-hour week in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At High Tension Situation in State Parliament Is Most Acute Heated Debate in Both Houses Characterises Yesterday’s Sitttings Governments Genercus Provision for Councillors’ Future Welfare Two Decided Set-backs; Opposition in the Upper House Scores Another Notable Win on the Electoral Bill Sydney
T[?]e Legislative Councillors’ Bill was introduced by the Attorney General into the Assembly to-day. It provides that in the oven[?] of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Polling Day, March 6 Mr. Theodore Not a Candidate Melbourne
The writ for the Eden-Monaro election will be issued on January 28. Nominations will close on February 10, and polling day will be March 6…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Polling Day, March 6 Mr. Theodore Not a Candidate. Melbourne
The writ for the Eden-Monaro election will be issued on January 28. Nominations will close on February 10, and polling day will be March 6…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eden-Monaro[?] MR. C. Morgan Labor Candidate Fourteen Nationalist Aspirants Sydney
At a special meeting to-night, which lasted eight minutes, the A.L.P. selected Mr. C. Morgan, solicitor, of Wollongong, as Labor candidate to contest…
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