The High Commissioner. Salary £3000; Expenses £2000. Bill Before Parliament
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 August 1909 · page 12
MELBOURNE, Friday.--The High Commissioner Bill, which was introduced in the House of Representatives, and read a first time this afternoon, provides that the appointment shall…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Federal Parliament. House of Representatives. the Coinage Bill. Nickel Pennies. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 August 1909 · page 14
Consideration of the Coinage Bill occupied the attention of members of the House of Representatives nearly the whole of to-day. The first business taken was the motion of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Federal Politics. Wakefield (S.a.) By-election
The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 August 1909 · page 14
MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Federal Government has selected Mr. R. W. Foster as its nominee to run for the Wakefield (S.A.) vacancy caused by the death of Sir Frederick Holder…
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The Sunday Sun · Sunday 8 August 1909 · page 11
It would be a carping spirit that objected to the Women's Conference on the ground that home is woman's sphere. Charity Begins at home. But there are many excellent…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Marks of Honest Toil. Members of Parliament Who Have Worked
Sunday Times · Sunday 8 August 1909 · page 11
A Labor member of the Federal Parliament was philosophising a few days ago in one of the rooms of the House and his theme was the number of Labor…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →N.S.W. Parliament. Work for This Week
Evening News · Monday 9 August 1909 · page 8
The number of questions on the business paper of the Legislative Assembly for to-morrow's sitting is unusually small. Ministers will be required to answer only eight inquiries,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Women Anti-socialists. How to Man Parliament. Brisbane
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 August 1909 · page 8
In the Albert Hall on Saturday night a public meeting was held in connection with the women's conference. Mrs. Jenkins (N.S.W.) delivered an address…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lang Federal Electorate. Choosing a Labor Candidate. Meeting at Marrickville
The Star · Monday 9 August 1909 · page 8
The Labor leagues in the Lang Federal electorate have before them the task of selecting a candidate to oppose Mr. Johnson, M.P., at the next elections. Four…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The High Commissionership. Likely Candidates
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 August 1909 · page 7
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The Introduction of the High Commissioner Bill has created speculation again among Federal members, as to who, when the measure has passed, may be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Muzzling a Candidate. Trouble at Marrickville
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 August 1909 · page 4
The selection of candidates by the members of the various suburban branches of the Political Labor. League has been responsible for a good deal of internal dissension occasionally…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General News. State Parliament
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 August 1909 · page 6
There are only three bills on the Assembly order paper for to-day. Two of them are at the second reading stage--the Lease Conversion and Law Amendment Bill and tho Accountants Bill—and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Federal Parliament. This Week's Work. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 August 1909 · page 8
When the House of Representatives reassembles on Tuesday, at 3 p.m., the Coinage Bill will be further considered in committee. The debate on the Northern Territory Bill will…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Federal Parliament in Session. Weekly Retrospect. a Partisan Government. the Coinage Bill. Melbourne
The Star · Tuesday 10 August 1909 · page 7
The week's debate opened with a motion for adjournment by Mr. Hughes on the subject oil Colonel Foxton's representation of Australia at the Imperial Defence…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Municipal Elections. an Alderman's Suggestion
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 August 1909 · page 8
The question of introducing the principle of adult suffrage to municipal elections was placed before the Paddington Council last night. Alderman Lofts moved that the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In Parliament
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 August 1909 · page 8
Yesterday's sitting of the Legislative Assembly was a short one. The Lease Conversion and Law Amendment Bill, the second reading of which was moved by Mr. Clark, was referred…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →South Australian Parliament
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 August 1909 · page 10
ADELAIDE, Tuesday, -- The no-confidence debate was resumed by Mr. Vaughan, who stated that the extension of the Council franchise must be the ringing battle-cry to rally the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →State [?] Parliament. Legislative Assembly
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 August 1909 · page 10
The Speaker took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. The MINISTER FOR WORKS, in reply to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →In the State Parliament
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 August 1909 · page 11
The State Treasurer was asked in the Legislative Assembly last night if it were a fact that a number of colored citizens who enjoyed pensions under the law of New South Wales were…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →State Parliament. Tuesday, August 10
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 August 1909 · page 11
In the Legislative Assembly, The Lease, Conversion and Law Amendment Act, 1907, the second reading of which was moved by Mr. Clark, was referred to a Select…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Above the Speaker. Sketches in Parliament
Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 11 August 1909 · page 15
There was in each Chamber of the Legislature last week, a few moments during which more than ordinary interest was displayed. In the Upper-House the period was one of mingled…
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