General News. Yesterday's State Parliament
The Legislative Council yesterday disposed of the financial resolution's of the Premiers' Conference by adopting them without going to a division, and afterwards passed the…
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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council
The President took the chair at 4.30 p.m. CRIMES (GIRLS' PROTECTION) BILL. This bill was read the third time, and forwarded to the Assembly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →West Australian Politics. Parliament to Meet in November
PERTH, Wednesday.--Polling took place today for the Roebonrne seat. There were three candidates, all Ministerial supporters. The final results will not be ascertainable for a week…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Australia's Naval Policy. Great Britain's Attitude. Questions in Parliament. Melbourne
The questions in the House of Representatives to-day were almost entirely confined to queries regarding the naval scheme of the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Essence of Parliament. Mr. M'gowen's Little Lecture." the Most Discourteous Premier."
Mr. Wade kept his promise about going on with the Budget debate, and very little time j was lost over preliminaries when the House met on Wednesday. The crop of questions…
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One of the surest signs of Church decay is the difficulty of procuring a supply of candidates for tho ministry. That difficulty is alarming the leaders of the Established…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Prince Alfred Hospital. Medical Superintendent Resigns. Melbourne Doctor a Candidate
Dr. Dansey, medical superintendent at Prince Alfred Hospital, has decided to resign his connection with the institution in order to take up private practice in one of the…
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A meeting of delegates is to be held at the Sports Club on Tuesday next for the purpose of electing the pennant and selection committees…
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The question of the truck shortage was brought before the state legislative council last week by Mr. J. A. Gunn, who moved for a return…
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The Speaker took the chair yesterday afternoon at half-past four. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. The PREMIER, in reply to Mr. Cohen, said…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Essence of Parliament. the Budget Debate. Private Members' Night
The Budget debate was quickly under way again in the Legislative Assembly last evening. The first shot in reply to the Opposition attack came from Mr. James, who stepped into…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Auditor-general. in Parliament. a Critic Criticised. Vigorous Speeches
During the budget debate in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday evening the Treasurer, Mr. Waddell, characterised as a deliberate falsehood one of the statements contained in…
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Considerable excitement has been aroused by the remarks of the State Treasurer in Parliament on Wednesday, when he said that Mr. Vernon had deliberately lied in his…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →That Unseemly Wrangle Treasurer and Auditor-general Further References in Parliament
"I hold my power as sacred as my life exclaimed the Treasurer (Mr. Waddell), with dramatic emphasis, in the Legislative Assembly last evening, evening, when speaking in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Debate in Parliament. the Case of Colliery Payments. Mr. Perry Defends His Action. the Trasurer's Statement. Mr. Vernon and Federal Finance
During the debate upon the Trasurer's financial statements. Mr. JAMES said that it was a very excellent thing that it was a very excellent thing that they should have a fearless…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Defier of the Trusts. the Independent Candidate
Mr. Thomas L. Hisgen, whom Mr. W. R. Hearst has induced the Independent party to select as its candidate for the Presidency, is one of four brothers,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →For the Presidency. Mr. Bryan's Anti-trust Pledge. Descent to Personalities. an Independence Candidate
LONDON, Thursday.--Another letter from Mr. W. J. Bryan, Democratic candidate for the Presidency of the United States, has been made public…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Zealand Parliament. Second Ballot Law. Wellington
Parliament has passed a bill empowering the Government a raise an extra million for the purposes of advances to cettlers and workers, thus raising the total amount available for…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →West Australian Elections. the Menzies Seat
PERTH, Friday. -- The Cabinet at a meeting to-day considered the question of the Menzies seat, for which Mr. Gregory, late Minister for Mines, was defeated by Mr. Buzacott (Labor), by…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Labor in Parliament Various Labor Legislators Reply to the Question To what Extent has Direct Representation in Parliament Benefited Labor
THE position that Labor occupies in politics, and to what extent direct Parliamentary representation has benefited Labor, are…
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