Tasmanian Elections. Labor's Lost Majority
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 April 1916 · page 8
HOBART, Tuesday.--A meeting of the Labor Government will be held to-morrow, when consideration will be given to the position created by the election. viz., 15 Liberals, 14 Labor 1…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 8
The State Parliament will most likely prorogue on Wednesday or Thursday next…
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The Australian Worker · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 18
The Federal Parliament will re-assemble about the 10th of May. The date of meeting cannot be prolonged much later because it is necessary for the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Totalisator Bill in New South Wales Parliament
The Australian Worker · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 17
After being defeated on March 30 in an effort to introduce the Totalisator Bill in the New South Wales. Legislative Assembly, Mr. J. P. Osborne made another…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →State Parliament. Bakeries Bill Passed. Disfranchising Naturalised Aliens
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 7
Questions asked in the Legislative Assembly yesterday did not produce a wealth of information. In reply to Mr. Hoskins, the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tasmanian Elections. Labor 14, Liberal 15, Independent 1
The Australian Worker · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 22
The counting of the votes in the Tasmanian elections has been completed, with the result that Labor has been returned with 14 members, Liberal 15,…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Tasmanian Topics. Election Count Hung Up
The Australian Worker · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 22
You never can tell when a complicated machine may jump a cog. For the first time in a State election provision was made for the recording of absent votes…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Queensland By-election. Labor Retains Fortitude Valley
The Australian Worker · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 17
The Fortitude Valley seat in the Queensland Assembly, which became vacant through the death of the honored Laborite, Dave Bowman, remains Labor…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Tasmanian Elections. Novel Suggestion. Hobart
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 10
The total number of valid No. 1. votes cast for the whole of the State at the general election was 74,387. There was 4470 Informal votes, so that 78,857 voters went to the poll…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tasmanian Elections. Government to Resign
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 6
HOBART, Wednesday.--The Labor Ministers met this morning and considered the position as created by the result of the election. Afterwards the Premier made the following…
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Construction and Local Government Journal · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 6
The foolery of formality is supposed to reach its apogee in the case of the bewigged judge who cannot see the wigless counsel…
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Evening News · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 5
The chief in to-night's programme in the Legislative Assembly will be the second reading of the Railway (Amendment) Bill…
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The Land · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 13
Federal Parliament must meet about the middle of May next in order to vote Supply. The understanding when Parliament adjourned last year was that…
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Evening News · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 4
In the Legislative Assembly last night the Industrial Arbitration (Amendment) Bill was road a [?] by [?] votes to [?] The following works measure were taken…
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The Land · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 8
Wheat for export—agreements between the handling firms and the Government:—Mr. M. Abbott asked the Minister for Agriculture:—…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →State Parliament. Arbitration Debate. Council Vetoes Grain Elevator Bill
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 8
The half-hour devoted to questions in the Legislative Assembly yesterday produced a multiplicity of inquiries on various subjects…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Elections of Councillors. 10. Liverpool Plains. Principle of Proportional Representation
The Land · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 6
"That in Section 72 (3) of Local Government Bill, 1915, provision be made for a Poll of Electors in lieu of Petition signed by not less than…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Relation of a Commission to a Forthcoming Election
The Land · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 8
ROYAL Commissions are becoming as common as rabbits or prickly pear, but that they all cost money, taken out of the taxpayer's pocket, seems to be the least vital point in their constitution. A commission of three Labour members of Parliament is at present touring the State, inquiring…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →City Council Election. an Alderman Ousted. Alleged Cases of Impersonation. Policy of the Law. Secrecy of the Ballot
Evening News · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 5
The [?] chief Justice. [?] Culler [?] Sly. and Mr. Justice Ferg[?] judgement in Ban[?] this morning [?] application made [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Progressive Candidates. Farmers and Settlers Active
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 4
GUNNEDAH, Thursday.--At the annual meeting of the Liverpool Plains Farmers' and Settlers' District Council, it was decided to nominate a candidate in support of the…
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