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Mr. SYDNEY SMITH, in answer to Mr. LAKEMAN, for Mr. Cruickshank, stated that the Government intended to carry the seed wheat intended for the distressed farmers free on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A commencement has been made with the erection of the northeast wing of the Parliament Houses. The tender of Mr. John Pigdon, for £16,599, for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The tender was accepted to-day for the erection of the north-east wing on Parliament House. Mr. J. Pigdon was the successful tenderer, the amount being…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. Leave of Absence. Leave of absence for the remainder of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. FIRST OFFENDERS. Mr. J. P. ABBOTT brought in a bill to amend the Criminal Law Consolidation Act so…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The PRESIDENT reported the receipt of a letter from F. J. Ellis-Holt, offering for their acceptance a bust of his late father, bequeathed by him to the Council, of which he was once a member…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MR. DANIEL O'CONNOR has again brought forward his bill for electing the Mayor of Sydney by vote of the ratepayers. He labors under the delusion that this is a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Liberal Unionists have adopted Mr. Albert Bright as their candidate for the vacancy in the representation of Central Birmingham…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"MR. Ninian Melville to be Chairman of Committees vice Cameron, defunct," is the latest announcement of the Parliamentary Gazette, which was hailed with considerable gratification by a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The New South Wales parliament met, after its short recess, for its second session, on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Ninian Melville "was elected Chairman of Committees of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On the whole the Assembly on Thursday shaped well for business. The Minister for Works was able to put several necessary measures through their preliminary stages, the more important…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Legislative Council dealt with several matters of minor importance. The Attorney-General stated that it was the intention of the Government during the present session to introduce an amending Land Bill,…
Continued on Trove, page 694 →The Council met at the usnal hour in the afternoon. Mr. Simpson, the Attorney-General, as representing the Government, stated, by way of Ministerial information, that it was intended to make the present…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The results of the Victorian election are how before us. The questions really submitted to the constituencies were, practically, two—the continuance of the Coalition Ministry, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The recent general election in Victoria resulted in the return of all the Ministers by large majorities, with sixty-two members as Ministerialists, and only thirty-three as Oppositionists. The majority are…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Tuesday being private members' night in the Assembly, the business paper, as usual, comprises a varied assortment of matter for consideration. Mr. Playfair will ask the Government their…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--Parliament will be opened to-morrow and formerly adjourned till June, after members have been sworn in and Mr. M. H. Davies re-elected Speaker. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Speaker took the chair at at half-past 4 o'clock. DEPUTY-SPEAKER. The SPEAKER announced the receipt of a commission under the Great Seal, empowering Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, This Day,--The fourteenth Parliament of Victoria was opened by Commission to-day. After the swearing in of members and the election of Speaker…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The House met at 4.30 p.m. Chairman of Committees. The SPEAKER informed the House that he had received a commission, under…
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