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In the Electoral Districts Bill, which has just been passed, a clause was inserted prohibiting any Asiatic from voting for the representation of the Northern Territory. An attempt was made to get a prohibition…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A GOOD deal of business was got through in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday. After a number of questions had been asked and answered, Mr. J. Watson obtained leave to go into committee (Friday), to…
Continued on Trove, page 400 →The report of the Crown Lands Department for 1881 was presented to the Assembly this evening. The report shows that at the beginning of the present year the approximate area of land available and suitable…
Continued on Trove, page 391 →In the Legislative Assembly to-day, Mr. Hamilton's motion for the survey of a railway from Gympie to Brisbane was lost on division, notwithstanding that the project was generally approved, and that the…
Continued on Trove, page 400 →In the Legislative Assembly to-day, the Crown Lands Bill was further considered. The proposal that all interest payments by credit selectors should be counted as part of the purchase money was…
Continued on Trove, page 391 →Mr. ALEXANDER CAMPBELL said: Before proceeding with the business on the paper it is necessary that I should make a statement to the House, Yesterday afternoon the Prime Minister formally offered to me the office of…
Continued on Trove, page 394 →The Speaker took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. QUESTIONS, Mr. REID asked the Secretary for Public…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In the Electoral District Bill, which has just been passed, a clause was inserted prohibiting any Asiatic from voting for the representation of the Northern Territory. An attempt was made to get a prohibition…
Continued on Trove, page 400 →NEW POSTMASTER-GENERAL.—Mr. ALEXANDER CAMPBELL made a statement to the House to the effect that he had been offered on the previous afternoon the post of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. LACKEY, in reply to Mr. Reid, said an agreement had been made for the erection of a bridge to connect Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →AFTER a recess of somewhat unprecedented duration the two Parliamentary Chambers have assembled for the despatch of business, and if the work of legislation be not interrupted or impeded by a repetition of the many quarrels and meaningless debates…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,--In the report of the Synod in your morning contemporary, it is stated, in respect to the voting for the appointment of a committee, " that I had changed my mind." So far true ; but I added my…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Will yon allow me to speak a few plain, truthful words on the above subject. If my words are not truthful, they will come back upon myself to my own injury and damage. I will, therefore, try to hold up…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past 7 o'clock. Questions. In reply to Mr. Garrard, Mr. WATSON said a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the Legislative Assembly, to-day, Sir Bryan O'Loghlen introduced bills to provide for the erection of State schools, the completion of the Parliament houses, the new law courts, and other works…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the Legislative Council returns were laid on the table relating to gambling, particularly referring to the totalisator. It was stated that £39,293 had passed the totalisator on the old…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The SPEAKER took the chair at 29 minutes past 7 o'clock. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. WATSON, in answer to Mr. Garrard, said that a return giving information with regard to the magazine on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Legislative Assembly to-day, the plans, etc., of the Ravenswood and Springsure branch railways, also lines from Mackay to Hamilton, Mackay to Eton, and wharf branch…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In the Legislative Council, the Licensee Qualifying Bill was received from the Assembly with a message that the Council's amendment had been agreed to and an additional amendment inserted. The Council agreed to…
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