Trnsvaal Affairs. Opening of Parliament. Ample Native Labour. London, June 17
The Parliament of the Transvaal was opened yesterday. The Earl of Selborne, the Governor, in reading the Vice-regal speech, said that…
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Presidential Election. Republican Platform. Tariff Revision. Increased Battleship Construction. London, June 17
The National Convention of the Republican party of the United Statee met at Chicago yesterday amid great enthusiasm. The platform submitted to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Preparations in Melbourne. Illuminating Federal Parliament House. Melbourne
The chairman of the southern section of the Parliamentary Fleet Entertainment Committee (Mr. Hume Cook, M.P.) to-day instructed Colonel Miller and his officers to prepare a scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Vunsewered Parliament Hous[?]
An end is to be brought to the pri[?] state of things existing in the way [?]ack of sewerage in the Federal Parliament [?]se. Notwithstanding its magnificent appe[?],…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Parliament and Drink
Mr. J. E. Ellis. M.P., speaking at Scarborough, England, on April 19, said that he had associated with several thousand men in Parliament during ' the 22 years he had been a member, and it was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Wary Candidate
During the recent election campaign for the Governorship of Mississippi (U.S.A.). the Hon. Jeff Truly was one of the unsuccessful aspirants for the majority suffrage of his…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Trades and Labour. Candidates for the Senate
The executive of the Political Labour League met at the Trades Hall last evening, when it was decided that nominations be invited for the three Labour candidates for the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →West Ward (Kogarah) Election
Ex-alderman H. Towers opened his campaign at the Oatley School of Arts on Tuesday evening, before a large gathering of ratepayers, including a number…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →U.S. Presidential Election. Taft and Roosevelt Anxious. London. Friday' Afternoon
During the course of the proceedings for the nomination of President of the United States at Chicago, Mr. Taft and President Roosevelt sat at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Federal Parliament Buildings. Contract for Sewering
MELBOURNE, Sunday:—A tender has practically been accepted for sowering the whole of the Federal Parliament buildings. It will not he possible to complete the work before the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →That Fellow Roberts. Electioneering Tactics
Mr. E. A. Roberts, who was on Saturday, June 13, elected member for Adelaide in the House of Representatives, in the place of the late Mr. Kingston, was accorded a hearty…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Parliamentary Election. Great Conservative Victory
LONDON, Sunday Evening.—An election to fill the vacancy in the House of Commons for the representation of Pudsey (Yorkshire West Riding), caused by the elevation of Mr. George…
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The Republican convention at Chicago has nominated Mr. James S. Sherman, of Utica, a Congressman representing New York in the House of Representatives, as a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dissatisfied with the Government. the Pudsey Election
LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.— Mr. Oddy, who won the Pudsey election, attributes his victory to the demand for fiscal reform, the Government's attitude on the education…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →State Parliament. Further Prorogued
A special Executive meeting was held yesterday, when the New South Wales Parliament was further prorogued from June 23 to July 14…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →General News. the State Parliament
The New South Wales Parliament has been prorogued until Tuesday, July 14. As far as can be gathered the two Houses will meet for the despatch of business on the following…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Financial. Commercial Measures in Parliament
In regard to the resolution passed at the recent conference of Chambers of Commerce in,Brisbane urging that bodies representative of the mercantile manufacturing…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Patching It Up. Parliament House Repairs. Prepares for the American Pageant
Always, it seems, Parliament House must undergo a little patching-up during recess. It is about as sure a thing as the motion of want of confidence, which always comes. And…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Presidency. Democratic Candidate. Bryan or Johnson. London, June 22
Mr. Thomas W. Lawson, author of "Frenzied Finance," urges Mr. W. J. Bryan, who is the favoured Democratic candidate for the Presidency of the United…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Senate Elections. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—A significant warning to Liberals to be up and doing is contained in the announcement in your issue of to-day that the executive of the Political Labour Langue is inviting…
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