Queensland Parliament. (By Telegraph.)
BRISBANE, Tuesday.--In the Assembly today the Redistribution Bill was further considered in committee. Much contention was raised by the members [?]…
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Tasmanian Parliament. the Government Programme. (By Cable.)
HOBART. Tuesday.--In both Houses of the Legislature official announcements were made of the intentions of the Government in view of the rejection of the Taxation Bill by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, October 4. The Speaker took the chair at 3.30 p.m. Elections and Qualifications Committee
The SPEAKER announced that his warrant appointing a committee of elections and qualifications having lain on the table for three days without being objected to, would now hare fall…
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The SPEAKER took the chair at 3.30 p.m. ELECTIONS AND QUALIFICATIONS COMMITTEE. The SPEAKER announced that his appointment of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australian Parliament. the Tariff Proposals -- Several Government Defeats. (By Telegraph.)
ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--In the Legislative Council to-day, on the third reading of the Railway Board Bill, Mr. Scott sought to get the measure recommitted so as to reconsider…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Tuesday, October 4. Legislative Assembly. The House net at 3.30 p.m. Railway Tanks at Byrock
In answer to Mr. Waddell, the MINISTER OF WORKS said he was informed it was not true that the Railway Department had two large tanks fall of water at Byrock, which they were making…
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The resumed debate on the Bankruptcy Bill occupied the principal part of the evening. In the days of the great past, when all our politicians were men of a superior caste,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland Parliament. (By TELEGRAPH.)
BRISBANE, Wednesday.--In the Assembly today considerable delay was again occasioned to business by a motion for adjournment, when the Darling Downs members protested against…
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The President took the chair at 4.30 p.m. PAPERS. The following papers were laid upon the table and ordered to be printed:-- Amended…
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The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. PAPERS, &c. Mr. SALOMONS laid upon the table—Amended Regulations under the Crown Lands Act of 1884; Annual Report…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parliament. Wednesday, October 5. Legislative Council. The President took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Land Sale
A petition was received from Cardinal Moran and others, praying for leave to sell a piece of land in Kent-street. A bill founded on the petition was introduced and read a first time…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wentworth Election. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Silverton
The full returns for the Wentworth election are not yet to hand, but Mr. De Courcy Browne is now 60 ahead of his opponent, Mr. J. G. Griffin. The returns to come in are not likely to affect the result…
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First the question was --Did the Speaker intend to resign? Everyone was discussing this just before the House met, and it had been the principal topic in political…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--In the Assembly to-night Mr. Gaunson moved "that a polltax of £50 be imposed on every Chinese entering the colony, and that the Government bring in a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australian Parliament. (By Telegraph.)
ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--In the Legislative to-day, the Railway Refreshment Rooms Bill was passed, and a motion for the re-offering of the reward of £10,000 for the discovery of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Thursday, October 6. Legislative Assembly
The House met at 3.30 p.m. A LOST DOCUMENT. The SPEAKER read a communication from the Clerk of the House complaining that the member…
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The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past 3 o'clock. THE CUSTODY OF PARLIAMENTARY DOCUMENTS. Mr. SPEAKER reported that he had received a letter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Opening of the New Zealand Parliament. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Auckland
The first session of the 10th Parliament of New Zealand was opened to-day by commission. Sir G. M. O'Rourke was re-elected Speaker for the fifth time. Sir Julius Vogel moved the adjournment of the House…
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4th.—In the Assembly the Minister for Works, in reply to Mr. Schey, Said the only salaried officers in the railway service who bad been placed in positions where,…
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HOBART, Friday.--In the Assembly last night a discussion took place on the subject of the relations between the Government and the Main Line Railway…
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