General News. Federal Parliament
A meeting of the Federal Cabinet is to be held in Sydney on Wednesday at 2.30 p.m. The Treasurer left for Sydney yesterday afternoon. Mr. Deakin is to leave on Tuesday. The…
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Elections in West Australia. Great Activity
PERTH, Saturday.--There is great electoral activity, and a multiplicity of candidates professing to be Ministerial supporters. The Premier, Mr. Newton Moore, who has no opponent,…
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ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--In the Assembly the Treasurer promised the would do his utmost to urge the Federal Government to establish penny postage in South Australia, so as to put the…
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Many things happen in Parliament which are perplexing to the man who goes to the gallery only occasionally, and who has but a slight acquaintance with the mode of procedure. Take…
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PERTH, Tuesday.--Great electioneering activity prevails, and there is a plethora of candidates, chiefly supporters of the Ministry,for the metropolitan constituencies. Of the 50…
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PERTH (W.A.), Wednesday.--Mr. H. Daglish, formerly the Labor Premier, but now identified with the Materialists, speaking to his constituents at Subiaco last night, severely…
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PERTH (W.A.), Thursday.--Speaking at Norseman last night, the Premier, Mr. Newton Moore, said that the final section of the railway from Coolgardle would be completed in ten…
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Lewis Adolphus Bernays, Clerk of Parliament since its inception, died this morning, at the age of 77…
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Mooltan is now challenging Poseidon for the position of first favorite for the Metropolitan, and as there is no doubt the support accorded the former is from the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Evening Pastime. Puzzles for Young and Old. 64.-The Election
Smith defeated Jones at an election by 116 votes. There were 36 informal votes, equal to 3 per cent, of the total. How many votes did Smith poll?…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Electing a President. Work of the Conventions. Two Strong Candidates (By Our New York Corresponden. New York, July 12
The two great national conventions have finished their labours and have undoubtedly named for standard-bearers the two men whom the masses of the voters really most…
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America's labor army, which is always a very important political factor (says the New York correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" on July 7), has been immensely tickled…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On the Hustings. West Australian Elections
PERTH, Friday.--Parliament was dissolved by proclamation to-day. Nominations close on September 3, and the polling Makes place on September 11…
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The horses went to the post for the American President Stakes in a blinding shower, and though it cleared off considerably before a start was effected, it wan still raining when the race…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Questioning the Candidate. Some of Its Humors
Parliamentary or municipal candidates in Australia know as a general thing that they have to be prepared for a bad time, in the form of Questions put either by political opponents,…
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PERTH, Sunday.--The West Australian Alliance has selected mining candidates in its liquor law reform interests for Subiaco, Perth West, and North Perth. None of the nominees…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General News. the State Parliament
Though five of the Ministers, including the Premier, Treasurer, and Chief Secretary will be away in Melbourne, attending the Fleet festivities there, it is gathered that the work…
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In the Assembly to-day most of the afternoon was devoted to the consideration of the Constitution Amendment Bill, the Broad Bill, and, the Food and Drugs Bill in committee…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Boxings Championship. Criticised in South Australian Parliament. "Demoralising to the Public."
ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--The Assembly was the only branch of the Legislature which sat to-day. Mr. Vaughan called attention to the accounts appearing in the daily press of a brutal fight in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motes and Anticipations Rosehill Results. Monobel, Blue Book, and Perkeo Win. Heiro's Unexpected Viciory. Virtu Runs Well; Mafoota Improves; Tyrone a useful Hurdler; Stipendiary Stewards for the Country; Doings of Candidates for the Big Races; English Racing; West Australian Notes. Selections for Moorefield. Spring Handicap Form: Public and Private
Three much-talked-of Spring handicap candidates in Monobel, Perkeo, and Blue Book, won at Rosehill on Saturday, the first-named simply running away from his…
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