Notes in Parliament
Contrary to general expectation, the Ministry have decided to cling to the forlorn hope of government by minority. The two members who have the arbitrament of their fate are still…
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Victorian Parliament. [By Telegraph.]
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Legislative Assembly to-night passed votes for the Defence Department after some discussion. When the water-supply vote was under…
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HOBART, Wednesday.--Both Houses met and adjourned for a week, during which Parliament will be prorogued by proclamation, followed by dissolution. Amongst the…
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Adelaide, Thursday.--Parliament will be prorogued on Tuesday or Wednesday next, and the Government in the meantime will expedite business. Late last night the…
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MR. SPEAKER took the chair at 21 minutes past 4 o'clock. PRESENTATION OF ADDRESS TO THE GOVERNOR…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Thursday, December 3. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 p.m. Address in Reply
The Ministers and a number of members proceeded to Government House, and presented the Acting-Governor with the address in reply to the speech from the throne agreed upon at the previous sitting. Having returned, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Thursday, December 8. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4.20 p.m. the Address in Reply
Mr. DIBBS moved,--"That the House do now proceed to Government House, there to present to His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor the Address in reply to the Speech delivered at the…
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The first meeting of the Parliamentary Elections and Qualifications Committee was held on Thursday. There were present—Messrs. R.B. Smith, Burns, Reid, and S. A. Stephen. Mr. R.B. Smith was…
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LONDON, December 2.—The Conservatives have carried the elections in North Armagh and North Derry. LONDON, December 3.—The grazing counties…
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A prosecution has been commenced by the Government against Mr. J. Douglas Pyne, of Lisfinny Castle, county Waterford, a farmer on the estate of the Duke of Devonshire, who was at the County Waterford…
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The Conservatives have carried the elections in North Armagh and North Derry. Among the defeated candidates are Lord Kensington and Mr. John Dick Peddie, who…
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LONDON, Wednesday.--Mr. J. D. Peddie, the former representative of Kilmarnock, has been defeated. It is rumored that Mr. Childers,…
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THE sitting of the Legislative Council on Wednesday was a very short one, as there was very little business on the paper. After the questions had been answered, Mr. Darley moved the adjournment of the House to call…
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Parliament still resolutely refuses to go on with the business of the country, and last night closed another week of utterly profitless recriminations between the Government and…
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MR. IVES, as a new member, may be excused for having moved the adjournment of the House, especially as he had to complain of what he conceived to be an injustice to his electorate of St…
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Mr. Thornton, the representativa of the Government in the Council, is always courteous, as all members of that chamber invariably are. But when he gives information in reply is questions, he does…
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Mr. SPEAKER, took the chair at 30 minutes past 4 o'clock. CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES. The SPEAKER intimated that he had received the…
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THE dreary talk of three weeks came to an end Wednesday night, and, on division, the Government were found to have a majority of two votes in a house of 114 members in their places. Such…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Friday, December 4. The SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Administering the Oath
The SPEAKER read a warrant from his Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor authorising Thomas Garrett, Chairman of Committees, to administer the oath in the absence of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →CABLEGRAMS. British General Elections. Ltberal Success Continues
LONDON, December 3.—The latest returns indicate that 262 Liberals, 210 Conservatives, and 52 Parnellites, have been elected members of the House of Commons. Mr. Stephen Mason has…
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