Second Edition. State Parliament. a Turbulent Sitting
The Legislative Assembly continued sitting after our first edition went to press, and adjourned at 1.45 a.m. After the application of the closure to bring…
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Essence of Parliament. the Police Offences Bill New Fire Brigade Legislation
One of the earliest matters Accomplished in the Legislative Assembly last evening was the restoration to the business paper of the Inebriates (Amendment) BIH, in connection with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Conversion Bill at Last. Mr. Moore's Amending Land Bill Before Parliament
The long-promised bill to provide for in conversion of certain tenures was introduced in the legislative assembly on Thursday, 8th inst., by the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Value Payable Policies. Bill in the Federal Parliament. Second Reading Defeated. Melbourne
The bill on the subject of fire insurance introduced in the House of Representatives by Mr. Frazer (W.A.), member of the Labour party, was thrown out this evening by 25…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Come Outside!" Brisk Night in Parliament Police Offences Bill Severely Criticised in the Assembly
Mr. Wade's supremely complex and delightfully bewildering measure--the Amending Police Offences, Act--came in for a storm of criticism in the Assembly last night. And…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Suppression of Vice. the Police Offences Act. Debate in Parliament. Mr. Holman's Detail Criticism. "Crude, Cruel, Mischievous, Espionage." Second Reading Carried "On the Gag."
The debate upon the Premier's motion for the second reading of the Police Offences Amendment Bill was continued in the Legislative Assembly yesterday. There was a large…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Senate Elections. Sir John Forrest's Proposal
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The debate was resumed in the House of Representatives to-day on the proposal by Sir John Forrest (W.A.). that each State should be divided into three…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE Newsletter. a Paper for the People. Woman's Parliament. Extraordinary Situation. Who's Fooling the Ladies?
Perhaps the most amusing political feathering ever held in Australia is the Women's Convention, now on the nest at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Late Cable News.. Received Today. The Unemployed Problem Another Scene in Parliament. Socialist Member Again Suspended
LONDON, Friday Evening.—During the discussion of the Licensing Bill today, Mr. Victer Grayson, the Socialist member, created another scene, by insisting upon speaking…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Women in Conference. Mostly About Electioneering
The women's conference sat in the Masonic Hall on Friday evening, when there were three papers for reading and discussion. Mrs. J. : B. Christian occupied the chair. There was a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Democratic Candidate
The following story is being told concerning the Democratic candidate in the United States Presidential election:—Just before the adjournment of Congress Senator Julius Caesar…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →For the U.S. Presidency. Candidate Taft. The Great Pacificator
MR. C. N. MACAULEY. one of the most prominent cartconists employed by the New York "World," spent a day with Judge Taft, late Secretary for War, in…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Women's Parliament
The Women's Parliament is not an inapt designation for the congress. of women electors of Australia that has been in session in Sydney during the past…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →American Presidential Election
It is claimed at the White House, Washington (the residence of the President), that Mr. W. H. Taft, the Republican candidate for the Presidency, will have 300 votes in the Electoral…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →"The Blackpool of Sydney" Some Needs of Pleasure-loving Manly North Head As a National Park Promises of Enthusiastic Members of Parliament
"What Blackpool is in the summer time, to the recreation-seeking crowds, from Liverpool. Manchester, and Birmingham; what Brighton is to the people of London, or…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New Zealand Elections
Within a month the electors of New Zealand will choose anew their Parliamentary representatives. Not since the days when Ballance took what…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Anti-trust Act. the Powers of Parliament. Argument in the High Court. Melbourne
Arguments were continued to-day in the High Court upon appeal wherein validity of the Australian Industries Protection Act is in question. Mr. Mitchel[?], in continuing his…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Fun of Parliament
In the N.S.W. (Legislative Assembly last night a non political and useful private member's Bill was deliberately "talked out," the killing process apparently affording…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →State Parliament. Tuesday, October 20
Petitions were presented by Mr. James and Mr. M Garry respectively from the Women's Liberal Leagues of Goulburu and Wagga, urging the passage of the Girls' Protection Bill…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Above the Speaker. Sketches in Parliament
The spirit of old times made itself visible in the Legislative Assembly last week. On the last day there was a good deal of obstruction. Noisy members of the Opposition…
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