I.o.g.t. Election of Officers
The annual session of the Grand Lodge of the I.O.G.T. was continued yesterday afternoon and last night, and concluded with the election of the following office-bearers for the…
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Tasmanian General Election. the Nominations. Laborites and Liberals
HOBART, Wednesday.--The general election for 30 seats in the State House of Assembly will take place, under the Hare-Clark preferential voting and proportional vote distributing…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Clergyman V. Member of Parliament
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Leave was granted to-day for defendant in the libel action brought by Rev. J. B. Ronald against Robert Harper M.H.R. to amend his pleas by adding…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tasmania. Preparing for the Elections. New System of Voting. Hobart
Nominations for the Assembly closed yestorday. There are 60 candidates for 30 seats, to be selected by the Hare-Nansen system, in five constituencies. For Denison (Hobart)…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Orange Politics. Announcement of Platform. Election of Officers
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Following is the political platform agreed to at the triennial session, concluded to-day, of the Loyal Orange Grand Council of Australasia:--…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Most Costly Parliament
It may not be generally known that the costliest Parliament in the world is the democratic one of France, the two Chambers annually costing the nation upwards of £300,000. Next in…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Right of Appeal. Demand by Public Servants. What Did Parliament Intend?
The conference of members of the Public Service Association of New South Wales, which is being held at the association's rooms, Bull's Chambers, Martin-place, devoted some time to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Turkey's New Regime. Approval of Parliament. No Change of Policy. Stubborness at Salonica. London, April 16
General Nazim Pasha, who was Minister for Marine in the Hilmi Ministry, has been appointed to the command of the First Army Corps at Constantinople, and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Cost of Running Parliament
The personal attendance on the two Imperial Houses of Parliament costs the State about £66,000 a year—£26,000 for the Lord and £40,000 for the Commons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British By-election. Freetrade Victory. London, Saturday Morning
The Edinburgh by-election resulted in the return of Mr. Gibson, Free-trader, who defeated Mr. Ford, tariff reformer, by 4527 votes to 4069…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Election of Union Officers
The new council of the New South Wales Cyclists' Union consists of representatives of all affiliated clubs. The hon. secretary, hon. assistant…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Labor in Conclave. Parliament-made Unionists. Australian Navigation Laws
The Labor Congress continued its deliberations in the Sydney Trades Hall this morning. Mr. H. Thyer presided over a small attendance of delegates…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Civil Servants in Parliament. Opinion of Attorney-general. Melbourne
Shortly after the cancellation of the regulation forbidding Federal Public servants publicly discussing or taking part in political movements, an officer of the Post and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Political Labour League. the Labour Senate Candidates
The P.L.L. executive, at their last meeting, agreed to the following resolutions in regard to the approaching campaign in favour of the Labour candidates for the Senate:—…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Senate Candidates
At the meeting of the Political Labor League executive on Friday night the following resolutions were agreed to--"(1) That, with a view to assist in assuring the election of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Preparing for the Elections
The chief electoral officer for the Commonwealth wishes to draw the attention of electors and persons qualified to become electors to the necessity of exercising the greatest care…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Late Cable News. Received To-day. The Turkish Revolt. Ministry and Parliament Cowardly. the Sultan Abdicates
LONDON, Tuesday Evening.—Mukhtar Pasha has reached Athens on board a German vessel. He states that the Ministry and Parliament were too cowardly to proclaim a state of siege…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Sultan Very Sick. Decides to Abdicate. Young Turks' Triumph. a Cowardly Parliament and Ministry. London, Tuesday, 3.20 p.m
Marshall Mukhtar Pasha, who was suspended as Commander of the First Army Corps, has reached Athens aboard a German vessel, declares that the Ministry and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Election of Committees
The New South Wales Union have elected the following committees:--Chairman of the council, Mr. J. F. Macmanamey; management, Messrs. W. A. Rand (chairman), James M'Mahon, J. J. Davoren, R. C. Hungerford, J. A…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →General News. the State Parliament
A proclamation was yesterday authorised to be issued further proroguing the Stale Parliament until Tuesday, May 25. Ministers have already sanctioned the announcement that…
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