Notes in Parliament
When business was called on, Mr. Melville with his inevitable grievance, was, as usual, found blocking the way. Not being able to hunt up anything fresh for last night he fell…
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Queensland Parliament. (By Telegraph.)
BRISBANE, Wednesday.--In the Assembly to-day the adjournment was again moved to call attention to the rabbit invasion, and nearly an hour was occupied in traversing the same…
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THE PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. MILITARY STORES. On the motion of Dr. CREED, it was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victorian Parliament. the Divorce Law Amendment Bill. (By Telegraph.)
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The debate on the second reading of the Divorce Law Amendment Bill was resumed in tho Assembly by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Wednesday, November 2. Legislative Council. The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m. the Torpedo Cable
Dr. CREED moved, and it was carried as a formal motion—"That a select committee be appointed to inquire and report as to the purchase, storage, and present condition of the armored and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Wednesday, November 2. The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. PAPERS
Mr. SALOMONS laid on the table an abstract of Crown lands authorised to be dedicated for public purposes, and a paper relative to the reduction of rates for the transmission of telegrams between Broken Hill and South Australia…
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MELBOURNE.—Mr. James Mirams has been returned as a member for the Legislative Assembly for Williamstown by a majority of 321 votes over his opponent, Mr. W. H. Croker…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Municipal Elections in England. London, Nov. 2
The municipal elections, which took place yesterday throughout England, resulted slightly in favour of the Liberals…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Parliamentary Election in Victoria. (By Telegraph.)
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The election for a member of the Legislative Assembly for Williamston to fill the vacancy caused by the retirement of Mr. A. T. Clark, resulted in the…
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Unmindful of past experiences, Mr, Abbott will keep "nagging" at the judges, Last night he opened the Parliamentary ball with a mild philippic against the whole…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tasmanian Parliament. (By Cable.)
HOBART, Thursday.--In the Assembly this evening a resolution was passed that some steps should be taken to put a stop to the disgracefully cruel way in which sheep imported…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Thursday, November 3. Legislative Assembly
The SPEAKER took the chair at 3.30 p.m. THE CENTENNIAL. Replying to Mr. Schey, the PREMIER said that Botany would not be overlooked in the centennial…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victorian Parliament. the Estimates Through. (By Telegraph.)
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--In the Assembly to-night, the last of the Estimates was dealt with by the Committee of Supply. After five hours irregular discussion, the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Extraordinary Attack on Parliament House. the Windows Smashed
At about 7 o'clock this morning, a man said to be one of the unemployed, made an attack on Parliament House. Armed with a stick, he broke in the Macquarie-street windows, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Australian Parliament. Revision of the Tariff. (By Telegraph.)
ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--In the Assembly the third loading of the Lottery and Gaming Bill, the object of which is to re-introduce the totalisator, was carried on division by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Assembly. Thursday, November 3
THE SPEAKER took the chair at half-pat 3 o'clock. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Sir HENRY PARKES, in reply to Mr. Schey, who [?] if he would include Botany in the Centennial…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Parliament. an All-night Sitting. Stone-walling of the Opposition. (By Telegraph.)
BRISBANE,Thursday.--The discussion on the adoption of the plans for the Warwick, to Thane's Creek railway was continued throughout the night. The Opposition, together with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Thursday, November 8. The SPEAKER. took the chair at 3.30 p.m. Answers to Questions
Mr. WISE, in answer to Mr. GALE, said of the 16 cases mentioned in the schedule to the Supreme Court Appeals Act seven had been argued before the authority constituted by the…
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Plans of the proposed new Parliament Buildings are now on view in the Executive Chamber, where they have bees placed in order that members of both Houses may examine them prior to their…
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The Melville-Dibbs party, having apparently secured the timid alliance of Mr. Abbott last night, surprised the Government with a vaporous declaration of war to the…
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