The Tasmanian Elections
HOBART, Tuesday.--It is probable that Mr. Lucas, the late Attorney-General, will contest the present Attorney-General's seat for South Hobart…
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Thanks of Parliament
The Premier laid on the table of the Assembly last night some correspondence respecting the Bulli Colliery catastrophe. It contains a list of the men whose lives were lost and their…
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During the past week the Opposition gave out that they intended to develop something startling last night. They had a plan of operation against the Government financial…
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The Standing Orders Committee of the Legislative Assembly, to whom was referred the petition for opening Parliament with prayer, reported last night that they declined to…
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the PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Mr. SALOMONS, in reply to Mr. Stewart, said that res[?]nts in Sydney were not obliged to make a yearly…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday. April 6 The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m. PETITIONS
A petition from the Freethinkers' Association, in favor of the Divorce Extension Bill, was presented by Sir Alfred Stephen, and petitions from the Commissary Bishop of Sydney and from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Works Inquiry Board. the Full Report Submitted to Parliament. Strained Relations Between Mil Goodchap and Mr. Whitton
The report of the board who have recently been inquiring into the management of the Department of Public Works, was laid upon the table of the House last evening by Mr. Roberts…
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After the formal business had been disposed of on Wednesday evening in the Legislative Assembly. Mr. WALKER. moved the adjournment of the…
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ADELAIDE, Thursday,--The following are the result of the elections in addition to what was telegraphed yesterday:--Wooroora, two members: Mr. J.W. Castine, freetrader, 639: Mr. J…
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FRIDAY, APRIL 1ST.—In the Assen[?] the Clerics of Petty Sessions Fees Bill [?]ad a third time. £15,000 was wisely voted [?] promote prospecting. The House agreed [?]…
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In the Legislative Council on Wednesday the principal portion of the sitting was devoted to a debate upon a motion for the second reading of the Conditional Purchases and Leases…
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Mr. Thomas Walker, having unsuccessfully contested the Northumberland electorate at the general election of 1885, offered himself again last February, and was returned second on the…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Political. "There is a mistaken zeal in politics as well as in religion." —Junius. Parliament in Session. Council
The principal business before the House on Wednesday afternoon was the second reading of the bill to validate certain conditional purchases and leases. The provisions of the bill have been…
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ADELAIDE, Sunday.--Messrs. Ward and Giles have been elected for Frome. No votes are yet in from Winniniui. Mr. Copley's friends have instructed Messrs. Cox and Degenbardt, solicitors,…
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In speaking of the result of the South Australian general election, the South Australian Register of April 8 remarks:—"The new House of Assembly is now nearly complete. As the result of the election, there will…
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Both Houses resume this afternoon. In the Council the Clerks of Petty Sessions Fee[?] Bill is down for the second reading; the Conditional Purchases aud Leases Validation Bill and…
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In his report to the Grand Lodge, Bro. G. D. Clarke, General Electoral Superintendent of the I.O.G.T., makes the following reference to the results of the last general election as far as…
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The Easter holidays seem to have been got through with tolerable success in the political world. With one or two unimportant exceptions all the regular…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, April 13
The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m. SHERIFFS' FEES BILL. The bill to regulate the scale of fees to be charged in the sheriff's office was read a third…
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The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4. THE BULLI EXPLOSION. Mr. SALOMONS, with the concurrence of the House, moved,—" That the thanks of Parliament be given to the…
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