South Australian Parliament. [By Telegraph.]
ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--The Attorney-General made a statement of the measures the Government proposed to sacrifice in order to facilitate the termination…
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Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, December 1
The SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. LYNE, in answer to Mr. HUGH TAYLOR, said that he would have an inquiry made with…
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Sir,—Is "Parliament" a proper designation for the Legislative Council and Assembly when spoken of collectively, considered in connection with the recent point of order raised in the Council relative to private bills?…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, DECEMBER 1. The Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. QUESTIONS
Sir PATRICK JENNiNGS, in reply to Mr. Hugh Taylor, said that a resolution with reference to the Government considering the advisableness of inserting a clause in all contracts made by the Government for the construction…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Parliament of New South Wales. Legeslative Assembly. Tuesday, December 1. Mr. SP[?]AKER took the chair at half-past 4. QUESTIONS
Sir PATRICK JENNINGS, in reply to Mr. Hugh Taylor, said that the regulation of the salaries in the Civil Service, and the power to increase them, is fully defined by the Civil Service Act and the regulation propared…
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The elections of aldermen in Bourke, Phillip, Fitzroy, and Cook Wards passed off very quietly yesterday. The only excitement, and that of a mild character, was in Cook Ward, where a total of 3670 votes was polled. Mr. A. J…
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In the municipal election, the declaration of the [?]oll took place to-day as follows: —Alfred Baldock, 141: J. W. Girdham, 88; informal, 9…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →British Politics. the General Election. Liberals Leading
LONDON, December 1.—The latest returns published show that the recent elections have been more favorable to the Liberal party. Up to the present time 160 Conservatives, 182 Liberals,…
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The four contested elections for aldermen to represent Bourke, Phillip, Fitzroy, and Cook Wards in the Sydney Municipal Council took place yesterday. At the same time balloting took place in all the wards for the election of…
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The latest returns published show that the recent elections have been more favourable to the Liberal party. Up to the present time 160 Conservatives, 182 Liberals, and 29 Parnellites…
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So far the only seat which has been disputed since the general election is that of Mr. W. J. Watson, one of the members for Young. In the Assembly yesterday Sir Patrick Jennings, on…
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The ratepayers of Bourke, Fitzroy and Phillip Wards yesterday expressed their approval by re-election of tho manner in which Aldermen Dean, Poole and Harris had served…
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LONDON, Tuesday,--The result of the elections in the English boroughs gives the Conservatives a majority of three but there is little doubt that the Liberals…
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The annual municipal elections in Sydney passed off yesterday without attracting any inordinate degree of public interest, except in tho contest between Mr. John Davies, C.M.G.,…
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Mr. Want's speech brought out in strong relief one good action which the Government may claim credit for. They have been the proximate means of introducing to political…
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The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. PRINTING COMMITTEE. Mr. PIDDINGTON brought up the report of the Printing Committee, and it was ordered that it be printed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, December 2. The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Answers to Questions
Mr. THORNTON, in reply to Mr. LUCAS, said the total amount of each person's tender for the construction of the Prospect dam, was as follows:--John Robb, £456,939; C. and E…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →N.S.W. Parliament. Wednesday, December 2. Legislative Council. The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m. the Prospect Dam
In answer to a question put by Mr. Lucas, the representative of the Government laid upon the table a long return, giving the estimated quantities of each of the sixty items in connection with the construction…
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LONDON, December 1.—J. D. Peddie, the well-known architect, who represented Kilmarnock in the last Parliament in the Liberal interest, has been defeated…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CABLEGRAMS. [Some of the following items appeared in our second and third editions of yesterday.] Adelaide University. the Vacant Chair. Fifteen Candidates
LONDON, December 1.—There are fifteen candidates for the chair of mathematics in the University of Adelaide, rendered vacant by the appointment of Professor Horace Lamb to the…
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