Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, May 18
The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past 4. Mr. EWING asked the COLONIAL-SECRETARY if the equipment for Cavalry…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Politics & elections, 1886
1,801 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 91
Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, May 18
The SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. QUESTIONS. Mr. COPELAND, in reply to Mr. Abigail, read the following return us to the number of clerks and draftsmon,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Notes in Parliament
Mr. J. H. Young was the first to come ad rem. Mr. Young acknowledged a difficulty in finding anything new to say at this stage of the debate. Nevertheless he made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pictures in Parliament
Instead of a motion for adjournment, there was Mr. J. H. Young, a limited quantity as against vague possibilities, of course. But adullquantity, a heap of figures…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, May 19
The PRESIDENT took the Chair at 4.30. Dr. MACKELLER, in reply to Mr. CREED, said a bill to renew the Employers' Liability Act of 1882 with certain amendments was before…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Wednesday, May 19. Legislative Council
The House met at 4.30 p.m. Dr. Meckellar, in reply to a question put by Mr. Darley, said that the resolution of the House passed on the 5th instant, touching the independence of the New Hebrides, had been transmitted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Wednesday, May 19
The PRESIDENT took the chair, at half-past 4 o,clock. PRINTING COMMITTEE'S REPORT. Mr. PIDDINGTON presented Report No. 9 of the Printing Committee…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pictures in Parliament
If we can do nothing ourselves, is there any reason against our growling at other people? Such was the preliminary question in the Assembly last night resolved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Thursday, May 20. Legislative Council
The House met at 430 p.m. Mr. Jacob presented a petition from ratepayers of Balmain, and signed by the Mayor, praying that the Balmain Tramway Bill, now before the House, might be passed. Dr. Mackellar laid upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, May 20
The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4. QUESTIONS. Mr. CREED addressed a long question…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Thrusday, May 20
The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. PETITION. Mr. JACOB presented a petition in favour of the Balmain Tramway Bill…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, May 20. The PRESIDENT took the Chair at 4.30 p.m. the Spalding Airey Inquiry
Dr. MACKELLAR produced the evidence taken in the investigation of the charges preferred against Captain Airey by Colonel Spalding. He said he would not move that it should…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pictures in Parliament
"I never go in there on a Friday night," said a man on the asphalt without; "nothing but work on a Friday night—as Well watch fellows laying bricks." It is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Notes in Parliament
Mr. Henson with a personal grievance. Tell the truth, says a good old maxim, and shame a certain individual whose name is not in the vocabulary of Parliamentary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parliament. Tuesday, May 18
THE debate on the financial proposals of the Government in Committee of Ways and Means was resumed in the Legislative Assembly, and was continued until nearly: half-past 11, when…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Opening of the Victorian Parliament
MELBOURNE, Friday.--It is understood that Mr. M.'Coll, the junior member for Mandurang, will move the address in reply to the Governors speech, and that Mr. Groom, M.P., for South…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Lecky on a Nationalist Parliament
Under this title Mr. W. E. H. Lecky contributes an article to the April number of the Nineteenth Century :-- Mr. Lecky begins by saying that he has…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Friday, May 21
In reply to Mr. Teece, Dr. Renwick said that the total amounts of appropriations in aid of the Sydney University during the years 1879, 1880, and 1881, were: Received from the Government on account of Annual Endowment, 1879…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →PARLIAMENT Legislative Council. Wednesday, May 19
The Legislative Council dealt with a considerable quantity of business. Mr. Darley moved for leave to introduce a bill to amend the Married Women's Property Act The motion was agreed to and the bill was…
Continued on Trove, page 1056 →