The High Commissioner. Proposed Selection by Parliament
MELBOURNE, Thursday--In the Senate this evening the debate was resumed on the motion by Senator Higgs-- That, in the opinion of the Senate, the High…
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Essence of Parliament. From House to House
The custom of applying some special appelletions to Ministries or parties, as well as to men, is one which has long prevailed here as elsewhere. Some striking characteristic, or it…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →State Parliament. The Bankrupt Waddell. Questions About His Imprisonment
Not a little of the time of the Legislative Assembly was taken up last evening in discussing the Council's amendments in the Neglected Children and Juvenile Offenders…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Commonwealth Parliament. the Senate. (From Our Special Reporters.) Melbourne
The President took the chair at half-past 2 p.m. SUGAR BOUNTY. Senator KEATING, honorary Minister, in…
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The Ministerial re-elections took place today. At Bunbury, Mr. Moore, Minister for Lands, defeated Mr. Griffiths (Labour) by 889 to 343. The returns from other electorates…
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Quite a number of important questions came before the Federal Parliament yesterday. In the House of Representatives Mr. Joseph Cook raised the Immigration Restriction Act into the…
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We append short extracts from, the Parliamentary debate on the policy of building 60 locomotives at the Government workshops at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Home Rule. Debate in Federal Parliament. Part Ii
Mr. Wilks: I wish now to quote statement made by Mr. Jos. Devlin, M.P., upon 25th January last. Mr. Tudor: Who is Mr. Devlin?…
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PERTH, Friday.--The Ministerial elections took place to-day, with the following results:-- Guildford.--C. H. Rason (Premier), 1413; Doheny (Labor), 386; Ministerial majority, 1927…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Immigration Act. Discussion in Federal Parliament. a White Australia. Melbourne
Mr. Joseph Cook moved the adjournment or the House to call attention to the clause in the immigration. Act prohibiting the entrance of persons under contract. He alluded to…
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The President took the chair at half-past 10 a.m. TYRANNY AT QUEENSCLIFF. The MINISTER FOR DEFENCE, in answer…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Immigration Restriction Act. the Contract Clause. Proposal for Alteration. Discussion in the Federal Parliament. (From Our Special Reporters.) Melbourne
In the House of Representatives to-day Mr. JOSEPH COOK (N.S.W.) moved the adjournment of the House for the purpose of discussing the Immigration Restriction Act…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Federal Parliament. the Senate. (From Our Special Reporters.) Melbourne, Friday. The Senate met at 10.20 a.m. a Military Matter
Senator PLAYFORD (Minister for Defence), in reply to Senator Higgs, said that the only case mentioned in the House of Representatives last night that he was acquainted with was that of…
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Mr. Dixon, a Unionist, was returned for North Belfast at a bye-election, polling 4400 votes, and replacing the late member, Sir J. H. Haslett, Unionist (deceased),…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Western Australia. Ministerial Elections. Perth
The Ministerial re-elections yesterday have resulted in the return of the Premier, the Minister for Lands, and the Minister for Works, and the almost certain return of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Life in London and Thereabout. (Chronicled by Henry W. LUCY.) Prorogation of Parliament.—Dissolution.—A Statesman with a Past.—The Battleship's Pennant.—Diminishing Drink. WESTMINSTER, Aug. 11
Mr. Arthur Balfour has taken the high road to Scotland, grateful for final deliverance from the pressure of a session unique in some of its ways. In its closing hours matters reached…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Informative and Controversial Maiden Parliament a Cure for Political Evils
"He was a member of the State Legis-ture, but has since reformed," is a familiar jibe in certain districts of America, and "The Converted Politician"…
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Mr. J. H. Forrest, secretary Prople's Reform League, writes:—I have read with a great deal of interest the letter of a "dissatisfied elector," and feel certain that he will he pleased to hear…
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At a by-election held yesterday to fill the vacancy in the representation of North Belfast, caused by the death of Sir James Haslett (Conservative), Mr. Dixon, the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ministerial Elections
The final return of the Menzies election gives Mr. Gregory, Minister for Mines, 856 votes; Mr. Campbell (Labour), 592. Serious washaways have occurred near…
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