Yesterday's Parliament. Legislative Council
The President took the chair at 4.30 p.m. EXTRA. SITTING DAY. On the motion of Mr. Salomons, it was moved that the Council should during the remainder of…
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The President took the chair at 4.30 p.m. EXTRA. SITTING DAY. On the motion of Mr. Salomons, it was moved that the Council should during the remainder of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Owing to the illness of Mr. Bent, his amendment on the address in reply lapsed in the Assembly tonight and the address was carried without…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--The debate on the Chinese question in the Legislative Council was brought to a close this afternoon, Mr. R. C. Baker ultimately withdrawing his motion…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m. Chinese Restriction Bill. The PRESIDENT reported that his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m, PRINTING COMMITTEE. Mr. JACOB brought up report No. 15 of the Printing Committee, which was adopted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tho President took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. CHINESE RESTRICTION BILL. The PRESIDENT reported the receipt from the Governor of a message to the effect that His Excellency…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A deadlock has taken place between the two Houses on the Chinese Bill, the conference being unable to come to any agreement. The chief point of the dispute is the amendment inserted by the Council for the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.-The municipal election for Honeysuckle Ward passed off very quietly to-day. There was very little interest taken in it by the ratepayers. The unofficial result was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ADELAIDE, This Day.--An election to fill the vacancy caused in the Legislative Council by the resignation of Mr. Wadham, for the northern district, was held…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Legislative Assembly had another brief sitting on Thursday in consequence of the Government not having any bill ready to go on with. The Premier will deliver…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Last night the Government sustained the nearest approach to a total defeat that they have met with since coming into office. They were blundered into a position of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Adelaide, Friday.—The Government, in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday night, intimated that the chairman of the Railway Commission, who was recently brought from England,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.--In the Assembly to-night the Attorney-General stated that the Government were determined to appeal to the Privy Council against the decision of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Owing to the continued illuess d£ Mr. Bent his no-confidence amendment was withdrawn yesterday in tho Assembly. The House decided to meet at 4.30 each…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past 3 o'clock. FORBES AND LONG'S CORNER RAILWAY. Mr. BURNS, in reply to Mr. Garland, said…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ADELAIDE, Thursday.--In the House of Assembly today Mr. Caldwell obtained leave to introduced bill extending the franchise to women over the age of 25 years. The second…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The House met at 3.30 p.m. The Association Cricket Ground. In reply to Mr. BARBOUR (for Mr. M'Elhone), Sir HENRY PARKES said…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Legislative Council debated the Ohinese question at some length, and eventually the motion for the production of the papers was withdrawn. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. THE PHYLLOXERA PEST. Mr. SALOMONS, in reply to Dr. Renwick, said that the law relating to phylloxera had been amended, and that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dr. RENWICK asked Mr. Salomons, Vice-President-of the Executive Council—What steps have been taken by the Government to eradicate the phylloxera pest? Is be aware that the phylloxera…
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