New Zealand Parliament. the Second Ballot. Wellington
The bill introduced by the Government providing for a second ballot at political elections was carried in the House by 42 votes to 15…
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Essence of Parliament. Eight-hours Bill Wanted. the Closer Settlement Proposals
"Is it the intention of the Government to introduce an Eight-Hours Bill?" This was the query the leader of the Oppotion put to the leader of the Government in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Trafficking in Crown Lands. a Question in Parliament. Ministerial Statement. "A Very Difficult Matter."
The matter of the trafficking in settlement leases, to which attention was drawn in an article, in "The Daily Telegraph" yesterday, was brought up in the Legislative Assembly…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →West Australian Elections. Nomination Day. Nine Members Returned Unopposed
PERTH, Thursday.--Nominations for the general elections, to be held on September 11, closed to-day. For the 50 seats, 118 candidates were nominated. In nine constituencies the old…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Interesting Council Election
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Considerable interest is being manifested in Victoria in the election of a member of the Bendigo City Council, to fill the vacancy caused by the sudden…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Zealand Parliament. Wellington
The Second Ballot Bill came on for discussion in committee of the House this evening. The proceedings quickly assumed the proportions of a stonewall against the bill, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Our Departing Governor-general State Parliament Honors His Excellency Duty of Ministers to Australia
There were assembled at the festive board at Parliament House last night. men whose political Views and aspirations are as divergent as the poles; men--ultra-democrats who…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Floored the Candidate
"Like yourselves," said the would-be M.P., "I am a horny-handed son of toil, and I am not ashamed of it. (Applause.) Here are my tools to prove it," he cried,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →American Presidential Election
A Methodist minister from Illinois writes us: "The American peoples are busy at the present time taking minute stock of the two candidates for the Presidency. It is generally conceded that the policies of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →West Australian Elections. Friction in Labor Ranks
PERTH, Friday. -- The complete list of election nominations makes no alteration in the previous returns. Nine members have been returned unopposed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →An Epsom and Metropolitan Candidate
There is no doubt aa to Legation being at home on a soft track. When he ran second to Togo in the Doncaster Handicap the going was sloppy, and at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Zealand Parliament. Wellington
The Second Ballot Bill was passed through committee in the House of Representatives. A new clause was added on the Premier's motion providing that where a candidate receives…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Powers of Parliament. Suspension of Members. Privy Council Judgment in Crick Case
The following is the text of the judgment of the Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on the appeal of Laurence Joseph Harnett versus William Patrick Crick…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →New Zealand Parliament. Restraint on the Press. Wellington
During the committee stages of the Second Ballot Bill, a provision was inserted that no newspaper articles calculated to affect the result of an election is to be published…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Country. Cobar A.m.a. Elections
COBAR, Monday.--The A.M.A. elections resulted:--J. Stewart president, by an absolute majority: R. Hawkins, secretary; J. Connoly and W. J. Burnett, vice-president: J. Batkin,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →State Parliament. Tuesday, September 8
In the Legislative Assembly, Mr. M'Farlane moved the adjournment of the House to discuss the necessity for taking steps to give relief to conditional purchasers and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Federal Capital Reference in Parliament
When the Legislative Assembly met yesterday Mr. D. Storey asked the Premier whether he would, in view of the early meeting of the Federal Parliament, give the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Land Resumption. Questions in Parliament
In the Legislative Assembly last evening Mr. Burgess nblfca whether, in the event of the Advisory Board recommending the resumption of four estates In the Young district, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Assembly
The Speaker took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. The PREMIER, in answer to Mr. Dacey, said…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Above the Speaker. Sketches in Parliament
There was no real seriousness about Parliament on Tuesday, September 1. For one thing, it was too soon after the Fleet holiday. There is always a settling down as well as a settling…
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